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School: Cohaw (C )

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Cohaw, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ní Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 287

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  1. Song - Willy Reilly

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    I
    O rise up Willy Reilly and come along with me
    I mean for to go with you and leave this counterie
    To leave my fathers dwelling , his house and free land
    And away goes Willy Reilly and his dear Colleen Bawn.
    II
    They go by hills and mountains and by yon lonesome plain
    Through shady groves and valleys all dangers to refrain
    But her father followed after with a well-armed band
    And taken was poor Reilly and his dear Colleen Bawn.
    III
    Its home then she was taken and in her) her closet bound
    Poor Reilly all in Sligo Jail lay on the stony ground
    Till at the bar of justice before the Judge he'd stand
    For nothing but the stealing of his
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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
    Mary Fox
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corraweelis, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    James Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corraweelis, Co. Cavan