School: Paulstown (B.) (roll number 8244)
- Location:
- Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Conaill
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Four bravest of the rebels
Who were in the fray that day
Sought shelter in the barn
And lay down amid they hay
Said the leader of the rebels
As he peeped out through the door
"Nine English troopers are without
within we are only four."
And many's the day we beat them boys
Outnumbered one to two
So another blow for Ireland
As the door they rushed right through
Five horses without riders
Were prancing in the yard
Four troopers, plying whip and spur
Were flying fast and hard
To reach the shelter of their camp
In yonder vale below
Like abject cravens fleeing
From a brave and dauntless foe(continues on next page)
