Scoil: Árd-achadh, Ros Ó gCairbre (uimhir rolla 12598)

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1. Battle of Ross

   

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   I
   July the twelfth in ancient Ross,
   There was a furious battle,
   Where many an Amazonian lass.
   Made "Irish Bullets" rattle,
   "Sir Parker" pitched his Flavian band,
   Beyond the Roury water,
   Reviewed his forces on the Strand,
   And, marshalled them for slaughter,
   They ate and drank from scrip and can,
   And, drew their polished bayonets,
   They swore destruction to each
   man,
   Dissenting from their tenets.
   II
   Replete with wrath, and vengeance too,
   They drank annihilation,
   To that insidious hayed crew,
   The Papists of the nation,
   Their chief advanced along the shore,
   And every rank incited
   "Brave Boys" said he "mind what you swore,
   And what they swore recited,
   "This night lets stand as William stood,
   Set yonder town on fire,
   Wade through a flood of Papist blood,

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