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School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

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Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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    (continued from previous page)
    The trees are green
    The hedges white
    The leaves and blossoms fair
    There's music in the forest now and I too must be there.
    Twas sandly [?] heart [?] and kindly hearts
    For they who bade me roam
    From nature and the forests free
    To share the city's home.
    Do not shy from the Gipsy girl
    Call me not unkind
    I never shall meet so dear a friend
    As those I left behind.
    To the greenwood I must go,
    for my heart has long been there
    And nothing but the greenwood
    Shall save me from despair.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Hart
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny