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   Is the neatest one of all
   Passed the bride and the groom
   On that bright May morn
   They all dismounted from their old side-cars
   With hearts full of glee and bright as stars
   Onward marched the great procession
   Amid cheers and laughter which rent the skies
   Round and round they marched
   Till their feet must have pained them to the utmost degree
   Gradually the great crowds dispersed
   Till the eve of that day
   On a bright May morn long ago
   Beneath that beautiful Summer sky

   Owen Alf O'Reilly aged 13 yrs 9-3-1398

   

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2. The Tree in the Lawn

   

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   The tree in the lawn My love she is gone to cross over the main And long will I mourn till she comes back again I will rove all the day till the long night comes on And be sheltered by the green leaves of the tree in the lawn If I were a fisher I'd plough the salt sea my love to be a small fish before me to play I would cast out my net in the old Annalee

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josephine Farrell

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Informant

   Mrs Palligan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70

   Address

   Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan