Scoil: Newtownmanor (uimhir rolla 4905)

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1. Songs of the Locality - Lough Gill (The Lake of Sligo)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

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   1. Farewell dear Sligo I ow must leave tp part thy beauties It does me grieve, But
   2. Down in yon glen where woodbines creep And Sunbeams thro' the bushes peep, And
   3. And when I think of Knocknarea Its rugged cliff hangs oer the sea, It
   4. And dear Lough Gill & its isles so grand, We oft times wander'd hand in hand, And
   5. And on that lake we oft times spent, Some happy hours [?] content, And

   |m:s|s:l.t|d':-:r'|m':-: r'|d':l|s:m'|r':-id'||
   1. not for ever I do believe I'll call a gain to Sligo
   2. strive to climb the craggy steep Away from dear old Sligo
   3. does round me still of thee. My own dear home in Sligo
   4. skipped along the shining strand that adorns the lake of Sligo
   5. from our Goal sweet music sent Across the lake to Sligo.

   Chorus (to same melody) after each verse.
   To Holywell I bid adieu
   To Hazlewood and Cairns too
   And Tobar an Ailt - that splendid view
   That adorns the lake of Sligo

   4. I have noted down the air from memory but I believe it is quite correct (P.N.)

   

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   Topaicí

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

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   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   P. Nelson

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