School: Lios Uí Ghrifín (roll number 12227)

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1. Dhurode's Fair Hills and Valleys (continued)

   

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   The valley it is darkened
   And the miners gone away
   The shores are dim, the hills look grim
   And I heard poor Richard say
   There are tons of gold and silver
   At the bottom of the bay.
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   All the above poems "The Hipped Old Horny Cow", "Dan Hurley's Daughter Han", "Old Charlie", "Land of Cannovee" and Dhurode's Fair Hills and Valleys" were composed by John Donovan, Mileen, Goleen, Co. Cork

   

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2. Paddy Hegarty's Old Leather Breeches

   

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   At the side of the knell on the road to Clonmel
   Paddy Hegarty kept a "nate" shebeen
   He sold pig's meat and bread
   He kept fine lodging beds
   And was liked in the country he lived in

   And Judy his wife as they struggled thro' life
   On week days Pat mended the ditches
   On Sunday he dressed,
   In a suit of the best,
   But his pride was an old leather breeches

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   James Colter

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coosheen, Co. Cork