School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0871, Page 232
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- Men of Wexford
I
Men of wexford, halt not, pause not.
While you still have work to do,
Wipe away that burning plague spot
That too long hung o'er you.
Twas your shores were first invaded
By a foreign Saxon band,
Wexford slept not then, nor dreaded
To attack them on the strand.II
Twas our sires first bled for freedom
Twas their blood was last to flow;
And should e'er our country need them
We have hearts to face our foe
Though they poured their blood like water
Free on manny a hard fought plain
All this carnage, gore, and slaughter
But cemented Erin's chain.III
In the time of every danger
Wexford took a noble part
Can the bonds of slavery change her
Will she show a cravens heart
No, by every link that binds us
To the bright but bloody past
Erin still shall ever find us(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Corish
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycullane, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs L. Power
- Gender
- Female
