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1. Old Songs Never Published (continued)

   “Farewell to Helvin's tranquil shore where oftimes I have strayed.”

   

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   II

   How pleasant in the Summer time in Corrig Reilly fair.
   To sit and chat of days gone bye and breath the bracing air.
   Or view the house tops of Kinlough shine out among the trees.
   With St Aiden's spire to crown the scene defiant of the breeze.
   Or veiw Bundoran far below the Brighton of the North.
   where strangers who breathe its air from East and West come forth
   Where zephers from the healthful stands so pleasant to the veiw.
   My home so dear I will revere and Melvin's Water's blue.

   
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   From Rosfriar Point to Inniskeen the scene of youthful days
   Where youth and health is seen to sport in Summer's sun's bright days
   The people here round Melvin dear they never seem to know
   What grief an exile's hearts must feel
   when forced from it to go
   From Rosclogher ruined castle to Mount Prospect's

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Charles James Travers

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Derryherk, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   William Doogan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Address

   Derryherk, Co. Leitrim