School: Borris (C.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 518
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An Old Song (continued)
“Twas in the year of ninety eight, the time of the blood and woe, when many a Saxon reeled”
(continued from previous page)They heeded not the women's cry,
But struck the ruddy match,
And soon the blazes mounted high,
From rafter beam and thatch,
Then grimly smiled the blood-hounds,
On each grimly face and grin,
Little thinking of their fores
That were concealed within.
IIII
Said one of Wexford boys,
As he peeped from out the door,
Five troops are without, within we have but four,
And another blow for Ireland.
As the door they bursted through,
Soon five horses without riders,
Were prancing through the yard,
Four horses beneath the whip and spur,
Were prancing hard, to gain
The shelter of the camp
In yonder vale.
IV
A maid stepped from out the house,
Her hair was raven black,
She picked a troopers pistol,
She jumped on a horses back,
As fast as ever a racehorse yet,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow