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    II
    Behold those storied summits
    Of Corlea and old Greaghlone,
    Lions and Drumboory there,
    Drumbracken and Drumbrone
    On Knocknacrane the June trees blue
    Like royal banners wave,
    See Corrybracken's crowned head
    Where is our country's noon
    The Gael was lord and ruled by right,
    The Hills of Magheracloone.
    III
    Gaze on these hills and blame us not
    If here we stand,
    And boast through all the stressful years
    We've kept our fathers' land,
    That long drawn fight is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr John Clarke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan