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School: Baile Glas (Meastha), An Bhlárna (roll number 10930)

Location:
Ballyglass, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0388, Page 152

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  1. An Unpublished Song or Poem - The Lands of Sunny View (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    around so green.
    As i passed along the valley by
    that crooked old boreen.
    We had once a noble forest where
    the gentry did resort.
    To shoot the grouse and wood-
    cock and have a good day's sport
    Tis there you'd see the rabbits
    skipping o'er the fields of bawn
    Round the borders of that forest
    in the lands of and Lyredane.
    And the brave Duhallow sports-
    men, they often came there too.
    For a chase at foxey Reynard
    in the lands of Sunny-view
    They had a cruel landlord who
    hailed from Bantry Bay.
    He doubled taxed the tenants and
    made them quickly pay.
    He seized their sheep and cattle
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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