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   “O' Sing me the songs which my heart loves dearest.”

   

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   think I am roaming.
   The pleasant green valley's of Erin among.
   By the Foyle or the Finn in the summer day's gloaming;
   Where I first heard the notes of that old Irish song.

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   Oh! sing me the "Cooleen" for oft in my childhood;
   Has my fond mother sung that sweet measure to me;
   When I roamed a young boy through the valley and wild-wood,
   Or fondly enraptured have clung to her knee;
   Oh! sing it again I could listen for ever;
   And sit here in silence the Summer day long.
   For memory flies back to the Foyle's sunny river.
   Where I hear the sweet strains of that old Irish song.

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   God's blessing be with thee, sweet bard of green Erin;
   Sweet be thy rest with the saints

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Cronin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolagh More, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Cronin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   53

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Coolagh More, Co. Cork