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   “You maidens of beauty I'm one that's forlorn, I carelessly wandered so far from my home ...”

   

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   I You maidens of beauty I'm one that's forlorn, I carelessly wandered so far from my home, Im off by the moonlight to the day break of morning Im found on the mountains of Dark Innishowen. II I strayed round the place of the once called Clonmany In search of a fair one who might be my own. But a maid for to love me I could not find any, From Mindoran Bridge to the Gap of Mamore. III No wonder Im lonely since I left her dwelling, No wonder her absence I here do make known, When I think on that green spot the land of that rare on I pine for my true love in Dark Innishowen. IV But distance drives us in dreams I caress her I think myself as happy as if I were at home. When I think on that vision that bade me carress her To a bosom thats pining around Dark Innishowen. V But now I am stationed in the Co. Fermanaugh I left my we darling with her parents at home And if ere I return it will be to marry, That lovely wee lassies in Dark Innishowen.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Doherty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloghfin, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   William Grant

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloghfin, Co. Donegal