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1. Local Songs (continued)

   “When on this card you fix your eyes ¶ This ancient church you'll recognise;”

   

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   Without attending Holy Mass;
   To this church they oft times trod
   To praise, and honour Almighty God.

   Down in that aisle which I know well
   Baptismal water on me fell;
   To Sunday school long long ago
   Unto this church I oft did go.

   Though costly churches in this land
   With lofty spires may seem more grand
   I'll not forget where'er I roam
   This humble one so near my home.

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   This song was also composed by John Murray and sent to a friend who had sold his farm.

   My friend sincere, it seemed so queer, to me when first I heard
   That you have sold the house of old wherein you all were reared
   That you today live far away from Croghan hill so high
   That strangers now, your land will plough, and homestead occupy.

   Your good old name of Croghan fame, will now inherit not
   That farm neat, and home complete, that no cold stranger might
   The old abode by Crogan road, no Tomany shall own;
   Since you're gone down by Invinestown, to the co. of Tyrone.

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Marcella Loughran

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Cavanaguillagh, Co. Monaghan