School: Gort an Iubhair
- Location:
- Gortanure, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Fiachra
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- (continued from previous page)By the heartless tyrant's band,
Though far away we think and pray,
For poor old Ireland.
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Let other countries boast of wealth,
And more of warriors bold;
And others too whose sceneries are lovely to behold,
Give to me those verdant dales,
Those lakes and rivers grand,
And true men brave who died to save,
Poor sainted Ireland.
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Ireland my sireland,
How oft I mourn for thee,
And watch the time when you shall rise,
A nation proud and free.
Iron doors shall be unchained splite ["spite" interlined with carat] of the tyrant band,
And thy lost right shall be regained,
In poor old Ireland
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This ballad was got from Mrs Grady Cashelduff aged seventy years. It was a popular in her youth.
___________- Informant
- Mrs Grady
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cashelduff, Co. Mayo