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1. Jeremiah O' Mahony or the Election of 1899 (continued)

   

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   Who for Tory establishment
   Of wickedness and fraud
   They sold their nationality
   Their Country and their God.
   IV.
   And while the red blood of our fathers'
   Gushes forth within our veins
   We will prove to these shownín J.P.s
   That we've got the ways and means
   Of securing in our Council
   Men of a righteous strain
   And hand and hand we'll make our land
   A nation once again.
   V.
   So be ready in your thousands
   Upon the polling day
   From Kenneigh's national round tower
   To the Castle of Kilcrea
   And cast you voter for Ireland's son
   Your cause he won't deny
   He'll stand, not run like others done,
   Undaunted Jeremiah.
   VI.
   Electors all be cautious on April the 6th[?]
   Be sure that after O'Mahony's name your

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridgie Crowley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mawbeg East, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr James Hanlon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Sranaviddoge, Co. Cork