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School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)

Location:
Mountrath, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 323

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  3. XML “The Holiday Dance”
  4. XML “Song by John Keegan”

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  1. The Holiday Dance (continued)

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    warms my heart to see,
    Their modest rosy faces and to
    hear their sinless glee,
    And now I'll go amongst them as
    I often did before
    Though, alas! I'm not as merry as
    I was in days of yore.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Song by John Keegan

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    You true sons of Erin, come now raise your voice,
    The day is our own we have cause to rejoice,
    For the "Sassanagh tyrants will soon have a fall.
    And peelers and proctors must go to the wall
    And its down with knavery
    And Saxons , and slavery
    Hurra, for the whitefeet and bold Captain Rock.
    II
    Too long had the cold hearted Saxons their way
    And the gay sun of Freedom in bigotry lay;
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    William Leahy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountrath, Co. Laois