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1. Local Poets (continued)

   

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   With each fair lass, they take a glass
   And pay the landlords bill
   They reckon and pay without delay
   The boys from Carn Hill
   In Monaghan Town of high renown
   Their credit we uphold
   In Newbliss and Clones
   Their credit we unfold
   And on the straight way through Ballybay
   Through Shercock and Cootehill
   The voice I'll raise and sound the praise
   Of the boys round Carn Hill
   Wherever I go with grief and woe
   I cast a look of pride
   On the houses of my ancestors
   Where my parents lived and died.
   May the angels guard their old churchyard
   And its hallowed graves they fill
   For them I'll pray both night and day
   When far from Carn Hill.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Ward

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   11

   Address

   Calliagh, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Pat Fitzpatrick

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Carn, Co. Monaghan