School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)

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1. John Twiss (continued)

   

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   He stood erect, smiled proudly round
   And answered "back My Lord"
   I am satisfied to die
   For I expect a just reward
   Of murder I am innocent
   And the Crown knows that right well
   They often tried to bribe me in my lonely prison cell
   But I refused their bribes
   I'd never sell a country man
   To gratify the vengeance
   Of a hateful English clan
   For I was born a gentleman
   And fearlessly will die
   So name the day when all can say
   No coward's hearth had I
   That modern Judge Norbury
   Put on the accursed black cap
   Saying on the 9th of February
   You'll die beneath the trap
   But another Judge was looking on
   Who promised this poor boy
   Should join the Angles and the Saints
   I am thinking though I know not
   When the Angels call the roll
   With the martys bearing branches

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire T. Ní Conaill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Island, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr Micheal Barry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Meens, Co. Cork