School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Pharthaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 339
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- I
Come all ye lads of learning,
Or rambling boys beware.
When e'er you go out hunting
With your dog your gun and snare,
Your hare and lofty pleasant
And they at your command
Think on that "tagus" journey
Going to Van Dieman's Land.
II
There was one Brown,
From Galway town
Pat Martin and poor Jones,
They were thre loyal comrades
And well the country knows.
One night they were trap branded
By the keeper of the strand
And for seven long years transported
Into Van Dieman's Land.
III
There was one sweetheart in this town
Jane Somers was her name.
She steered her cost to Dublin
For the laying of the game.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Clavan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Peter Clavan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath
