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School: Loughmoe (B.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7694)

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Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Liam Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 061

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    Bill Donnely made a song about a minister who canted a neighbours ass to pay the tithes. Here is some of it.
    In the county Tipperary
    In a place called Longford pass
    There lived on Thomas Grady
    And he kept a statily ass
    He was seized on by a heretic
    And canted for the tithes
    On the hill of Fennor the ruffin lived
    And his name was Billy Lloyd
    The fettered him across
    And confined him in a manger
    Without hay or grass
    Relinquish Pope and Popery
    And I will set you free
    I will never deny till the day I die
    The banner of the cross
    For I wear it on my shoulder
    Although I am but an ass
    This poet was a labouring man who lived about 1840.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cornelius Dea
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John O Dea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary