School: Cohaw (C )
- Location:
- Cohaw, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ní Aodha
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- XML “Song - Willy Reilly”
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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(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Fox
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corraweelis, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- James Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corraweelis, Co. Cavan