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              OCL P29 Lennon Page 14
              IE OCL P29/14 · Part · 1921
              Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

              Verse from Internee No 832, James Donegan, No 9 Tent B Company:

              'O would the God above
              Send down a dove with wings as sharp as razors
              To cut the throat of those English dogs,
              That shot our Irish leaders'

              Also a joke from Thomas McGivinchy: 'Happy is the man who sits on a wasp's nest, for he shall rise again.'

              OCL P29 Lennon Page 16
              IE OCL P29/16 · Part · 1921
              Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

              Verse by Mícheál Ó Baoghaláin (Meath):

              'Wherever the forces of crown assemble
              Whether on land, or sea, or the air
              Strike them down O Lord
              Strike them down
              And may their bones be ground into manure
              And spread over the land to grow crops for the poor.'

              OCL P29 Lennon Page 20
              IE OCL P29/20 · Part · 11 August 1921
              Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

              Verse transcribed by Internee 1537, D Company, Hut 31, Patrick J. Daly (Tullamore, Offaly):

              'Lloyd George no doubt when his life ebbs out
              Will ride in a fiery chariot
              He will sit in state on a red hot plate
              'Twixt the Devil and Judas Iscariot
              Annanias that day to the Devil will say
              My Presidency here has failed
              So move up higher
              Away from the fire
              And make room for the liar from Wales.'

              OCL P29 Lennon Page 24
              IE OCL P29/24 · Part · 31 July 1921
              Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

              Verse transcribed by Jimmie Egan, Hut 25 ,of Henry Street, Tullamore:

              'Where ever England's forces assemble
              on land on sea or in air
              We pray thee Oh Lord God of Battle
              to send all thy thunderbolts there
              Wherever her plotters are plotting
              Wherever her fortresses frown
              With thy vengeance as vivid as lightening
              Strike her down Oh Lord God!
              Strike her down.'

              OCL P29 Lennon Page 55
              IE OCL P29/55 · Part · 9 August 1921
              Part of Autograph book of John Lennon/Maggie B. Corcoran

              Verses transcribed Padraic Ó Briain, Rath Camp:

              They lost! But O! They conquer
              These men who their land would save
              A firing party at break of day.
              And a tasty quick-lime grave.

              But think not of them with scorn
              Nor mourn for the cause they died
              This death saved Ireland's honour
              What mattered all else beside.

              We've been told twas a failure by those that ne'er understood
              How the new born soul of Erin was baptised in martyrs' blood
              And to all who crave for freedom, as the world its
              meaning know, I give them this little story
              The story of Glorious Easter Week.