School: Baile Glas (Meastha), An Bhlárna (roll number 10930)

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1. Unpublished Poem - The Farmers' Union Ball (continued)

   

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   With masks and blackened faces dressed in a cowhouse stall They made straight for the schoolhouse for the Farmer's Union Ball. IV Their leader then stepped forward and tightly gripped the door, And sent a young man marching up through the schoolhouse floor He shook his humpty shoulders and then we heard a shout, "I bare orders from the captain - just five minutes all clear out" "What (with) orders" cried young Downey "We want no bombast here," "Do you think your masks and shot guns will fill our hearts with fear. You know I must keep order, give up your shouting brawl And clear outside the schoolhouse

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Sheehan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballyglass, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Parkina Cross Roads, Co. Cork