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1. Billy the Horse (continued)

   

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   With walls on every side,
   I often thought last summer I would commit some suicide,
   Then fancy up the river with water to my knees,
   A blade from James John, and another from Magee's,
   Magee he lay in ambush,
   With a rifle in his hands,
   Already to take my life, at Jimmy John's command.
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   The Pope's horse up at Paddies,
   I envy in my heart,
   So very light and handy he can back into his cart.
   If I had to join direct labour,
   In the year of twenty four,
   I would not be in the river,
   Would see my friends no more.
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   It is now I would have a pension,
   And could buy a piece a land,
   But it is here upon a turf-bank,
   That night and day must stand,
   To hear the sound of old Ass Mhánais

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary M. Mc Grath

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tullynacross, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Terry Mc Grath

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Derrynananta Lower, Co. Cavan