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1. Local Songs - The Return of Exile (continued)

   

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   V.
   The strangers land is rich an grand,
   With beauty everywhere;
   But my poor mind could never find
   Contentment anywhere.
   And day, and night my soul took flight
   To watch the downlight don
   In silver sheen Tipperary's queen
   Enchanted Sliabh-na mban.

   VI.
   In pain, and woe the exile go,
   Far from their native land.
   On foreign soil to slave and toil
   And fill the stranger's hand.
   Oh, you at home, unforced to roam;
   Shower praises ever on
   The God whose care has left you there
   Beside old Sliabh-na mban.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sarah Keane

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloneen, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Miss H Noonan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   41

   Address

   Cloneen, Co. Tipperary