Imleabhar: CBÉ 0220 (Cuid 1)
- Dáta
- 1936
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomh
Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)IV
The Slaney may glide on through valleys so fair
But Crosstown a treasure you hold for us there
In Gaelic each name is inscribed on the stone,
A fine Celtic Cross that ere long will be known
Oh there lie six Rebels oh, there I have seen
The thousands that gathered and knealt on the green
From all parts of Wexford in hundreds they came
The bands played the 'Dead March' for those ones of fame
The fires that seemed fading were flamed up anew
And yonder proud Wexford was plain to my view.
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Her spires in the heavens towered high over all
In triumph the told me how Cromwell did fall
Loc Garmain its history of blood and of woe,
By Cromwell's oppression the world may know,
O'er centuries now vanished o'er deeds that are past
We sometimes do think that a veil we could cast
But one hour in Crosstown with awe there impressed(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)