School: Gleann
- Location:
- Glan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1128, Page 121
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- Through statesmen's tricks - or rather - crimes,
War now prevails in many climes.
For power ambitious monarchs fight,
Regardless of what's wrong or right.
And hostile armies in the field,
Like devils fight no ground to yield.
The very air with war is full,
Some blame the Kaiser, some John Bull.
And bloody fights are waged afar
Hard by the frontiers of the Saar
And million fought and thousands died
Below the bleak Carpathian's side
And as new events the days disclose
To ..............prices of foodstuffs rose
The town of Schull when at at par
Was bad indeed before the war
Each business dame and artful boy
Charged prices full one-third too high
Ye Gods! how prices upward soared
When rifles cracked and cannons roared(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Newman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennatra, Co. Cork
