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1. Local Ballads - The Maid of Sweet Milltown (continued)

   

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   {Oh Lurganboy in a pretty place Its scenery equal}

   {/d:-:d/d:-:s/s:-;m/s:-;lt/d':-:m
   can't be found nor could not match its scenery}
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   in all the country round. Near Lurgan}

   {/s:-: l t/d':-:m/f:-: s.l-:l/t:-:l
   boy there lives a maid of beauty and re}

   {/s:-:sf/'m:-:m/d:-:rm/f:-:l'l
   nown the matchless make it suits the}

   {/t:-;t,d/t:m:r/d:-: d/d??
   place she the maid of sweet Milltown}

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   P. Nelson

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir