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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 355

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  1. Upon the Crest of Slievenamon (continued)

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    The farmyard dop, their nighty watch
    Were keeping by each byre
    Hark! listen to their howlings drear
    Their notes are rising higher.
    Amid the stilness of the scene
    Along the silent road
    Is heard the tramp of troopers' feet
    No tidings good they bode
    Brian Purcell's farmyard is reached
    "Halt" cried their leader stern
    "Alight" surround the domicille
    Escape not let a "Kern.
    Burst open in a twinkling wide
    Is Brian Purcell's door
    And England's ruffian soldiers red
    Are standing on the floor
    "Are James and John inside old man."
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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