School: Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce (roll number 14625)

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1. Cassidy's Cow (continued)

   

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   One morning just after the milking,
   A lorry drove down the boreen,
   And the bailiffs and Gardai surrounded
   That cow in her field fair and green.
   But the cow she was calved on Kilmore's rocky crest
   Where the wild winds sweep in from Tramore;
   And the spirit of liberty lived in the breast
   Of Mick Cassidy's cow from Kilmore.

   One glance round the home of her cowhood
   One glance at Kilmore's rocky height;
   And the spirit of liberty calling,
   Convinced her the game was to fight
   She would break through the cordon or perish
   Horns lowered, then a rush and a roar,
   The bailiff's are beaten, the Guards are retreating-
   Hail, Cassidy's cow from Kilmore.

   She is safe in her home on the hilltop
   But she comes at Mick Cassidy's call
   And she hates "law and order" like poison,
   And all the lads up in the Dail,
   Little thanks she has got from the nation,
   For the bouncing , fine calves that she bore;
   And the price of a hide has punctured the pride
   Of Mick Cassidy's cow from Kilmore.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggie Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Parkroe, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Pat Ryan

   Gender

   Male