School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

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1. A Local Song (continued)

   “Oh weep ye loyal brothers all”

   

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   that night.
   You are now without a Hall.

   The masons and the engineer
   Have neither rule nor square
   And all the barbers razors
   Lost the edge and temper there
   And of the splendid furniture
   None can be found at all
   It all went into cinders
   From the burning of the Hall.

   Now will you swear it was malice
   That caused it to ignite
   Or the old boy you left behind you
   When going home that night
   The fire he forgot to rake
   He don't do the like at all
   And his old shins he heated up
   Before he left the Hall.

   The jack-daws since have changed their nests
   And the owl has left by night

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Katie Smyth

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolcor, Co. Longford