School: Annacarter
- Location:
- Mullinaveige, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Mary C. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 288
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Did you hear of the Calary Races?
Well, really its worth your while
To hear the comment on the famous
Frank Byrne and queen Sabine
Bul maybe you're only a Johnny
And don't know a horse from a hoe
Well now don't get angry young sonny
For here goes her pedigree now.II
We bred her at sweet Carrigower
She came of King Morian's breed
To the front and to stay there was ever
The root of King Morians creed
For weight would'nt stop her, nor distance
Nor odds through the others were fast
She'd race with a dogged persistence
And wear them all down at the lastIII
She ran at the Calary Meeting
Over doublebank, hedge and stone wall(continues on next page)
