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1. Song - In a Cosy Thatched Cot (continued)

   

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   the old Irish ways.
   Whenever we'll gather again.
   And merry was the music that rang through the house,
   Sure they would dance in the long evening's glow.
   All, all are now gone but the memory lives on,
   By that oldfashioned fireside at home.
   Chorus
   III
   In the long winter's night as the turf logs burned bright.
   Sure it's many's the story was told.
   Of the men who had sought and the men who had fought,
   And their names are now dearer than gold,
   And the merry card party that sat round the hearth,
   Sure they would play till the morning would come.
   For in fancy I trace every kindly old face by that oldfashioned fireside at home
   Chorus
   IV
   I have riches in life, for I won them in strife,
   I have tasted their every joy.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   John E. Gallagher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gleneasky, Co. Sligo