School: Bellanagare (roll number 2968)
- Location:
- Bellanagare, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Seán Mac Dochair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 142
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A Local Song
“Come all you jolly gay tapers,”
The following song was composed by Tom Brock who lived in Falmór and was composed in the year 1834.I
Come all you jolly gay tapers,
Your attention I crave for a while,
It is of a sad situation,
which has caused me to weep and to smile,
Saturday morning quite early,
to Castlebar market I went,
and believe me I had no notion,
that night to Brideswell I'd be sent.
II
When my market business was over,
I was not inclined to halt,
But a friend asked me into John Lavin's,
and gave me a glass of old malt,
I thanked him and walked out directly,
but believe me I did not go far,
until I was dragged and illtreated
And taken by Higgins and Carr.
III
They marched me without hesitation,
And brought me up to the Bride's Well,
Where I got free entertainment,
black fasting, confined to a cell,
I would rather be sent to a battle,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Geraghty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Geraghty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Bellanagare, Co. Roscommon