Scoil: Ardlow

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Farmer's Lament for his Pipe

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   It grieves me much, dear pipe, to see that you broke;
   I mourn your loss in the absence of your smoke
   I mourn your loss and your untimely end -
   My warm, social, sweet consoling friend.

   When landlords threatened and when rents were due
   And process-servers through the village flew
   And tax-collectors came to seize a pledge
   And skulking bailiffs eyed me through the hedge;
   When all these cares assailed my yielding breast
   And my affairs in sable garb were drest
   Dear pipe, in your sweet contentment I have found
   When friendship lagged and stern oppression frowned
   You levelled down the mountains of my mind
   And bid me give my troubles to the wind.

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

2. The Tax Gatherer's Visit

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   On Monday morning ere the clock struck nine
   A tax-collector sought this cot of mine;
   My faithful dog assailed him at the door
   And stayed awhile the persevering boor;
   But he advanced and slyly entered in
   And showed his law book and his scribbling pen.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   John Fitzsimmons

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Ardlow, Co. an Chabháin

   Faisnéiseoir

   Michael Meenagh

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   c. 64

   Seoladh

   Baile an tSléibhe, Co. na Mí