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1. An Old Song - Carbally Hill

   “There is a dear little spot I've loved since a child,”

   

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   (I) There is a dear little spot I've loved since a child, Though the old folks around it are few, If you gaze on its waters as they ebb and flow, The scenery is splended to view. Just stand on the Head with its pillars so fine They command a broad view of the bay Where the seagulls do soar o'er the rock beaten surf And their nests are secure at Banglay. There's the Burrow and strand with its mountains of sand It's most picturesque to behold Likewise Sauleen tide as it onward do glide That too a sad tale could unfold. (II) There's the metalman too with his finger outstretched As a token for ships to beware Where many a mariner was lured to his doom For the breakers no mercy do share. There's Carbally hill with its verdure so green And in school days so much loved by all, The school house close by where time quicky did fly As we answered our names at roll call The rooks in the wood some hundred did caw What a crime it would be if you killed just one of their flock You would be sent to quad by the Earl that ruled Summerville.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Corbally, Co. Waterford

   Collector

   Kathleen Gear

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Patrick Gear

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford