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Brigid Duffy
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  1. Song - Patrick Sheehan (continued)

    “My name is Patrick Sheehan and my age is thirty four.”

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    your sure to rue the day
    But when ever you are tempted
    Or are compelled to go
    Remember poor blind Sheehan
    From the glens of Aherlow
    (When I awoke fo)
    But when I found that I was blind
    My tears began to flow
    I longed for e'en a pauper's grave
    In the glens of Aherlow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pottlebrack, Co. Cavan