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School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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  1. Slievenamon - A Tale (continued)

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    Pray tell me off my darling's fate
    Beloved Slievenamon
    The Anner ripples on as when
    That day down by its side
    You woo'd our gentle Aileen there
    A happy homestead's pride
    And won her guileless heart _
    Consenting we smiled on
    "Alas for softer memories"
    Replied old Slievenamon
    "I rear my towering summit still
    Unto the heaven's blue
    Yes, still I hold my head erect
    As when I smiled on you
    But if I could forget my pride
    Telling where Aileen's gone
    With grief my head would stoop instead"
    Replied old Slievenamon
    "Our Aileen was a bonny a lass
    As ever cull'd a flower
    Beside the Anner's limpid stream
    At evening's closing hour
    If to those burning memories
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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