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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 352

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  1. Upon the Crest of Slievenamon

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    Upon the crest of Slievenamon
    The setting sun was glowing
    A lurid blaze of beauty on
    The "Golden Vale" bestowing (?)
    The Autumn flowers were fading away
    Their colour growing pale -
    But there's a flower no seasons fade,
    That blooms in yonder vale.

    'Twas such an eve I first beheld
    This queen of rural pride
    A charm o'er my senses spread
    Thought all in passion wild -
    Old Erin's Vallies yet can boast
    A theme for Minstrel lays,
    No fairer queen of song inspired
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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