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1. Barnane (continued)

   

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   Sought foreign shores again
   Where long I stayed till bent with toil
   And now an old "ceann bán"
   I'm back again to feast my eyes
   Once more on sweet Barnane

   VII
   I stand today where I once stood
   Oh what a blessed scene
   The land is full of happy homes
   Where bullocks once had been
   The tyrants' power is nearly gone
   Their fangs are all but drawn
   The sturdy toiler is a slave
   No longer in Barnane

   VIII
   For though but fear the people rose
   Resolved to have their rights
   And fought the hireling of the law
   In many a hundred fights
   And won the day all foreign lords
   Their coronets should pawn
   If Irishmen would battle like
   The heroes of Barnane.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mrs Kathleen Harton

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Múinteoir