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School: Clonrye

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Clonrye, Co. Monaghan
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S. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 335

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    “You tender hearted females of a high and low degree.”

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    Local Songs
    I
    You tender hearted females of a high and low degree.
    And also wounded lovers come sympathise with me.
    Its here I am bewailing the lad whom I adore.
    He has now fled from my arms, bound for Columbus shore.
    II
    Well I do remember it being in the month of May.
    When floras flowery mantle bedecked the meadows gay.
    When everything looked charming and all nature turned to smile.
    As I parted with my own true love my charming Edward Boyle.
    III
    In the county of Fermanagh in the parish of Rosslea.
    In the townland of Gra-warra near the mountain of Slieve Bay.
    He was reared by honest parents for whom their hands did toil.
    And now their sunk in sorrow for the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Mc Caffrey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumgramph, Co. Fermanagh