School: Carbury (roll number 15790)
- Location:
- Carbury, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: C. Nic Uilis
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- Charley Oge McCann.The old hill of Carbury
Where many a time we met,
When summer birds sang merrily
I never will forget:
‘Twas there we wandered side by side
‘Twas there our loves began,
And there I said I’d be the bride
Of Charley Oge McCann.‘Twas in the merry month of May
We met upon the green,
The blithest at the fair that day,
My Charley Oge was seen:
The lightest in the dance was he
Where mirth and music ran:
And many a maiden envied me with Charley Oge McCann.The old hill of Carbury
Is stately, bold and strong
And down the vale of Newberry
The river pours along:
As strong and stately as the hill
He feared not any man-
But gentle as that purling hill
Was Charley Oge McCann.(continues on next page)
