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1. A Local Song - Boolaveen

   “There was a night of great pleassure”

   

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   There was a night of great pleasure. It's equal yet never was seen. In a gloomy untenanted mansion. That romantic old house Boolaveen 11 The heather with dew on it was sprinkled. Fair Lunas bay clouded with fog. While the moans of the far distant rivers, Their echoes did ring o'er the bog. 111 With light steps and a heart full of pleasure. I hastened my way to the Ball. Where my boots at the door I had cleaned them And my hat I hung up in the Hall. 1111 The Ball room I then quickly entered. Many strangers I soon beheld there. From Derrybrine slope and sod fences, And the mountainous part of North Clare. 11111 From Lagoo and Wasteland to mention.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Fallon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockmoyle West, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Thomas Fallon

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male