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School: Glasleck

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Glasleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
O. Sharpe
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  1. The Fighting Fair of Shercock (continued)

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    Or die like men in Shercock
    VI
    We fired blanks to no avail
    The Orange bullets flew like hail
    The Ribbon men soon turned their tail
    With deadly wounds from Shercock
    VV
    Captaon Davey cried 'Brave boys
    Maintain your cause and fear no noise
    Will massacre these Orange boys
    And burn the town of Shercock
    6 lines missing
    When Protestants and Papists meet
    at Billy Wimps in Shercock
    X
    oh them brave boys if you had seen
    It was the best
    The Orange boys pursued them clean
    and cleaned the town of Shercock
    Copied form a letter said to have been written about fifty years ago
    Tom Parker
    Drumhilla
    Shercock
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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