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Lisball, Co. Cavan
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S. Doherty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 098

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    While tyrants oppress us so keen,
    Weighty are the chains that encumber,
    The friends of the Shamrock so green.
    Poor Catholics, for their profession,
    Groan with a burdensome yoke,
    Crushed down by the weight of oppression
    With labour combined to provoke,
    Our humble petitions are slighted
    By tyrants morasse and obscene.
    Then, let us friends be untied
    In the Isle of the Shamrock so green.
    My brethern, be calm, still and steady.
    Act manly, courageous and true,
    If occasion calls in you, be ready
    And fall on the merciless crew.
    Dire vengeance, grim death and confusion,
    May widely expand o'er the scene.
    Of tyrants foul blood in profusion,
    That delayed the Shamrock so green.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    S. Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisball, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    James Tevelin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moynalty, Co. Meath