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A LAMENTATION ~
ON THE HEROES ~ 4
Who were shot on Dunlavin
Green. 48
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IN the year one thousnnd seven hundred and ninty-eight 4
A sorrowful ditty to you Im going to relate, i
"Concerning those heroes both clever and rareto be seen ;
By false information were shot upon Dunlavin Greer.
Woe to you, Saunders; disgrace me you never shalls¥
That the tears of the widows may melt you, like snow —
before the sun 3 |
Those fatherless orphans! their cries nor moans can’t
be screened, |
For the loss of their fathers, who were shot upon Dun- A
lavin Green. A
4
Some of our heroes are "listed and gone far away, a
There are some of them dead, and some of them cross- _
ing the sea ; Si
As for poor Andy Ryan, his mother distracted has beg =
For the loss of her son, whe was shot upon Dunlavin
3
Green. 3 4
As for Andy Farrell, Pm sure he has cause to com¬
plain, “a
And likewise the two Duffys, Pm sure they may welldo / .
do the same ; b
Dwyer on the mountain to the orange he owes a great
spleen, a
For the loss of his comrades, who were shot upon Dun- =
lavin Green. | a
They were marched fons ‘the guard-house up to the
end of the town,
And when they eame there, the poor fellows were forced q
to kneel down ; ug
Like lambs for the slaughter that day, it was plain tő §
be seen, 2
Their blood ran in streams on the dykes of Dunlavin ;
Green. oy
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That we may live kelj the joyful tidings tohear, 9. "
When we will have staisfaction for the murders ess =
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did on that year: a
There were 36 heroes, both clever and rare to be seen, A
Both Joyal jand united, shot one day oa Dunlavin 2
Green. 3
Now to conclude and finish my moment tale, 2
I hope all good Chines to pray for their souls watt
not fail. : §
Their souls in whito pipeobs a- flying to heaven were É 1
seen, 4
On the very same day they were shot upon Dunlavins i Se
Green. we yeh at : ee
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