School: Dromiskin (B.), Dundalk (roll number 837)
- Location:
- Dromiskin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Jas. Morgan
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- (continued from previous page)For to barricade Dan Murphy's door2. On the day that they came to evict him
Dan Murphy got up on the roof,
Although they fired cannons and pistols
His old clothes must have been bullet proof.
Then he fired a hen's egg at the bailiff,
It was one of last year's, I'm sure
With the force of the smell, the old bailiff fell
Like a corpse outside Dan Murphy's door3. The Bailiff, he shouted for water
And we fetched him a bucketful hot
And as it flowed down through his whiskers
Sure he near tied his face in a knot
Then if you were there for to see them(continues on next page)