School: Castle Otway, Dúrlas Éile

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1. Corrabaha (continued)

   

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   And from Borrisoleigh, to take part in the game.
   From sweet Templederry crowds came on the scene,
   And they all joined in dancing "The Orange and Green."
   IV
   My sweet Currabaha, you're the same now and then,
   The cross is there still but - where are the men?
   They are gone through the world but I do not know where,
   And the Sundays are lonesome and the cross it is bare.
   V
   The picturesque hedge schools are knocked to the ground,
   Not a trace of the walls is there to be found.
   The grass is now growing where often I stood,
   In front of the master, - to learn if I could.
   The master was cross and he oft delt a blow

   

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Patrick Brett

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Nenagh, Co. Tipperary