School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 046
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- (continued from previous page)Like a stentor's [?] used to Sound
His loving wife by his bed-side
With looks of grief and woe,
Another widow left alone
In dear old Carnadoe
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A Secretary of the Lleague".
Strong efforts oft he made
To shield the widow's home from harm
Against the crow-bar brigade
And unto each rack-renting landlord,
He always was a foe
And they rejoice o'er his demise
Since he left Carnadoe.
IIII
There is no cheer in old Kiglass,
Sine he's laid in the clay
Yet God had Said "I give the forth"(continues on next page)
