Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

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1. Galway

   

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   Tis more than ten long years ago I bid a fond adieu
   To those now smouldering in decay and, brother mine, to you;

   Though things looked bright beyond the main when I left old Dublin bay.
   I now long to be home again with you in sweet Galway.

   I fancy now I often stray through woods and Valleys race.
   Just as I did in days gone by when I was free from cure;
   And when my daily toil is o'er each night I kneel and pray
   For those fond souls, I'll see no more at home in sweet Galway.

   Though living in a beauteous land, most prosperous and free,
   With golden mines and mountains race in smiling harmony;

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • John J. Walsh