School: Ballyduff B. N. School
- Location:
- An Baile Dubh, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Leathlobhair
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- (continued from previous page)And the grouse's lonely call.
IV
And many a cold and starry night
We drilled through Rattoo's plain
And all along to the Ferry Bridge,
And Kilmore back again.
And every night he drilled his men,
Till the hour of half past four,
We'll be drilled from this night forward
On the Sandhills of Kilmore.
V
You would like to see those forty-four
Assembled on the strand
Assembled for to drill me boys
Some hours before the dawn
With the guns upon their shoulders
And their swords down by the side,
They formed square or column
By the Ferry's lonely tide.
VI
Our captain is a tall young man,
And his age is scarce nineteen.
Although he is young his heart is true,
And he dearly loves the green,
And every night he drills his men
At the hour of half-past four.
We were often drilled by Nolan
On the sandhills of Kilmore.
- Collector
- Tadhg Ó Leathlobhair
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
