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  1. A Song - In Memory of John McGovern (continued)

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    high.
    With no sound save that of a sobbing breath,
    The cottege seemed as if hushed in death.
    Till we gently laid him side by side,
    With his faithful wife and loving bride.
    Yes, we gently laid him in a moss lined grave,
    Dear honest John, with the heart so brave,
    Brave, brave it was for he knew no fear,
    When sickness or death to a home drew near,
    Be it fever of flu' tis there you'd find,
    Our dear old master so loving and kind,
    With words consoling and a
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Hugh Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Clonmore, Co. Westmeath