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1. Local Songs - Valentine's Brae (continued)

   

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   VI
   Her heart it was broken she died in despair,
   And she sometimes went frantic and tearing her hair,
   All for a young Lord that led her astray.
   Far away from her friends and sweet Valentine's Brae.

   

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2. Local Songs - The Western Railway

   

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   I My parents reared me tenderly though we were all alone, Until I took a notion to leave my native homeI rambled round in splendour and I sported night and day, Until I became a navy on the Western Railway. II We had a walking Ganger, and his name was William Green, He was as false a young man, as ever my eyes had seen. He charged me 4/8, now mark the words I say, For a barrow I had broken on the Western Railway. III I was filled with wrath and anger, as you shall understand And for to take his precious life, already I had planned. I fixed it on my precious mind it was an awful day, I prepared to kill the Ganger in the Western Railway.

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   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   H. Kinkade

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Informant

   Miss Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   57

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Lismagiril, Co. an Chabháin