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1. The Tenant Right

   

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   I
   You bards alive around Kilmore, wherever you may be
   Or anyone that does belong unto our diocese.
   Likewise you sons of Grannia these lines I will pen down
   Concerning a big meeting, once held in Cavan town.
   When Grannias Sons wore green cocrades[?]
   Her daughters dressed in white
   Their lonesome cries, would rend the skies
   Hurrah for Tenants Rights.
   II
   Twas at the hour of one oclock, a speaker took the chair
   A gentleman of noble birth, brave Councillor Maguire
   His pedigree, you'd plainly see, would strike a Tory dumb,
   His ancestors were owners once of Florencecourt & Cron
   His ancestors were owners, I can't relate them all
   But his forefather was once the Rí that ruled in Tara's Hall.
   A clergyman next took the chair, I must relate his name
   He was Father Pat OReilly from the parish of Drumlane.
   And if Irishmen were all like him, it's plain for to be seen,
   We'd have back our Irish parliament to shine in College Green
   ....................
   and as the sun sank in the sky, the truth I do declare
   Those gentlemen resigned their seats, for home they did prepare
   The plot being marked by Orangemen, throughout the north at large
   And Drumalaor was picked, her powder to discharge.
   Twas the will of providence young Morton had to die
   May the angels guard his soul, for the Lord, Who rules on high

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Fitzpatrick

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Fitzpatrick

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumalee, Co. Cavan