School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 343
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A Song
“You hurlers of Offaly, I pray, you lend an air”
My countrymen, awake; arise;
Our work begins anew;
Your mingled voices rend the skies,
Your hearts are firm and true;
You've bravely marched, and nobly met,
Our little Green Isle through;
But, oh, my friends, there's something yet
For Irishmen to do:
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As long as Erin hears the clink
Of base, ignoble chains.
As long as one detested link
Of foreign rule remains
As long as of our rightful debt.
One smallest fraction's due
So long my friends, there's something yet
For Irishmen to do.
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Too long we've borne the servile yoke
Too long the slavish chain
Too long in feeble accents spoke
And ever spoke in vain.
Our wealth has filled the spoilers yet(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Shanley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brackagh, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Shanley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brackagh, Co. Offaly