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

   

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   VII.
   Hills far away are green and gay
   and tempt us o'er the foam;
   But grander still each glen and hill
   In this old land at home;
   These friends you will as good and as kind
   As o'er the sun shone on
   In woe, one weal, as true as steel
   Like this round Sliabh-na mban.

   VIII.
   We never know the June-day glow
   Till summer joys are fled;
   Tis then we crave from winters grave
   The scent of roses dead
   So home land bliss we never miss;
   Till far away we are gone
   To misty 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