School: Fearnaght (roll number 2415)

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1. Local Songs (continued)

   “Lough Rynn's wooded shore.”

   

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   III
   Some pleasure seekers brave and bold
   Some young light-hearted boys
   Into the lake to have a swim
   To cheer their happy joys
   We watched their movements on the deep
   Those fond companions four,
   And they could see the ladies walk
   In Lough Rynn's Wooded Shore.
   IV
   A gentle breeze passed through the trees
   It murmured sweet as song
   The band did play a stirring lay
   To cheer the passing throng
   But at length there sank one of the boys
   Sank, Sank to rise no more,
   And the helpless cries near reached the skies
   In Lough Rynn's Wooded Shore.
   V
   A boatman fast came to the shore
   A diver searched the deep
   All lives were sense-less on the spot
   The ladies all did weep
   But at last his lifeless form was found
   Each heart being sad and sore
   And from young and old a sad tear rolled

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Marion Morris

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Boherbannagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs W. Caulfield

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim