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   Michael Kelly of Ruan composed songs. One was "The Mansion of Drumore" and another was "The West Clare Railway".

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   You may talk of Columbus sailing,

   Across the Atlantic sea,

   But if you ever want to go railing,

   From Ennis as far as Kilkee,

   You will start for the train in the morning,

   The excursion train starting at eight,

   You will be there when the clock gives its warning,

   And there for an hour you must wait,

   And while you sit waiting for the train,

   You will hear the guard sing this refrain,

   Do you think we will get there before its night,

   It all depends on the weather,

   If the old engine keeps together,

   And it might now Michael so it might,

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   Michael Kelly is a farmer and he is about seventy years.

   
   Kathleen Shannon.
   Tonlegee,
   Corofin

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Kathleen Shannon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tonlegee, Co. Clare