Volume: CBÉ 0352

Date
1937
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0352, Page 0147

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0352, Page 0147

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    Pay the rock a dubhairt sí...

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    "Is bhí mé ar uair a’ mhéadhon oidhche
    déanamh md sgithiste é adhroicheadh ata.
    Bhí droimaí ’a mbualadh ar sráid ann,
    agus arin le garda ’a ríogh.
    lá fúl feadh nach rabh droicheadh atú
    le teinidh fá’n am seo ’réir.
    deilín na mbacach.
    iseo geotha de dheilín na mbacach a fuair si
    Ó na mathair fosta.
    Éirigh bean a’ toighe
    snar créidhidh ’n Rí do chroidhe,
    Nar chaillidh tú fear a toighe
    na rabh tú i bhfad do luighe
    Ar leabhaidh chfuaidh gan toighe
    Nar thugaidh ’n diabhal leistú
    Mar thug sé ’n t-eanfadha ón circ bhuidhe.
    Tirigh agus tabhair duinn oireadh cionn girrfiadh
    de an, no urchar fpóil de ucht na caorach,
    braon de bhainne na gamhnaigh a bheir ’sa’ tsamnradh
    uraidh, mar ’tcí ’n Rí agat é, ’na fhionntac.
    "’na cártaí, nó ’us chragairí
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