School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 13210)
- Location:
- Baile an Gharraí, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Tomás Lotrail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0563, Page 123
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Ballad - Langley of the Iron Hand
“One often hears by the fireside in Ballingarry the story of Langley of the Iron Hand who fought with Cromwell at Clonmel.”
Whew Erin before Cromwell fell
a man of whew I'll tell you,
as they advanced to storm Clommel
Was the foremost in the melel
II
Charles Lawyley high, a maw of power.
Of all the hoops the best;
For whew they stormed the western tower
He towered above the rest.
III
A mower standing in the breach
With scythe to guardd the pass;
His hand cut off as if to leach
That flesh is still but grass
IV
But yet a gallant warrior's boast
might to his wounds [?] balm
For though his hand the hero lost
He bore away the palm
V
He could over that in the fray
where balbs and bullets fly
He had on that eventful day
a finger in the pie.(continues on next page)