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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

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Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 125

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  1. Conscription 1918 (continued)

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    God,
    They asked us to trust and we trusted,
    They asked us for blood and we bled,
    In return they flouted each promise,
    And scorned the blood that we shed.

    (III)
    But a nation united we boast of,
    Each soldier has answered the call,
    There is no fear of death in the Irish
    Their souls will live on if they fall
    To a far happier land, flight will take them,
    Where tyrants can never hold sway
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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