School: Carnadough (B.), Newtowncashel

Location:
Cornadowagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
P. Eustace
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    IV
    And then I was arrested and quickly lodged in jail,
    And to await my trial for me they'd take no bail.
    No evidence to favour me the council did declare.
    That I shot Bernard Keegan returning home from Tubberclare.
    V
    That I watched from behind a ditch alone as he did pass,
    And with the gun I took his life returning home from mass.
    God bless the men who did their best to get me my reprieve
    And not to see a widow or an Orphan left in grief.
    VI
    And if they have wives and families out from my heart I pray
    That God may protect and guide, and watch over them night and day.
    So now I am going to part this I have no more to say.
    I hope good Christians one and all for my poor soul will pray.
    VII
    There is one request I ask of you tonight when you go home
    That you will say "The Lord have mercy on Patrick Hesters Soul.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Domhnaill Ó Fearghaill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonmee, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Hester
    Gender
    Male