School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)
- Location:
- Béal an Dá Chab, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: J.W. Pollard
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- (continued from previous page)On this present summer night when the stars are shining bright
A motor boat in colours bright sailing round Cape Clear
And from the deck of its fair bank is heard the sound of a prayer
And they say it is the wailing of a brave young engineer. - Our struggles are over our boys are defeated
Our Ireland surrounded in sadness and gloom
We were betrayed and shamefully treated
And I Robert Emmet am waiting my doom
Bold Robert Emmet the darling of Ireland
Bold Robert Emmet shall die with a smileAnd I boast of my actions it's only my duty
For I laid down my life for the Emerald Isle
The barque at anchor waiting to bear me
Over the billows to the land of the free(continues on next page)- Collector
- Essie Wolfe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Stuaic, Co. Chorcaí