School: Inch, Borris
- Location:
- Clanagh, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Michael J. O'Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 647
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In the County of Kilkennay in the town of Bornafea
The Gallant youth took up the gun and went into the fray
To outwit the cruel enemy
It was their chief delight
And the hacking shovel could be heard,
In the stillness of th enight.II
They took them from the dungeons and the slums of London town.
And sent them here to Erins Isle to hunt our people down.
With their rifles, tanks, and aeroplanes
They thougth we would give way
But to break the spirit of the Yael
They'll never see the day.(continues on next page)
