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1. The Boys of Barr na Sráide

   

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   (1)

   Oh, the town it climbs the mountain and looks upon the sea;
   At sleeping time or waking, 'tis there I long to be;
   To walk again those quiet streets, the place my life began,
   When the boys of Barr na Sráide went hunting for the wran

   
   (2)

   With cudgels stout we roamed about to hurt the Dreoilín
   We searched for birds in every furze from Letter to Dooneen;
   We sang for joy beneath the sky, life held no print or plan,
   And we boys in Barr na Sráide hunting for the wran.

   
   (4)

   And now they toil on foreign soil where they have gone their way
   Deep in the heart of London Town or over on Broadway;
   And I am left to sing their deeds and praise them while I can,
   The boys of Barr na Sráide who hunted for the wran.

   
   (5)

   Then here's a health to them tonight, the lads who laughed with me,
   By the groves of Carhan River and the slopes of Beenatee;
   John Dawley and Batt Andy and Sheehans, Con and Dan,
   The boys of Barr na Sráide who hunted for the wran.

   
   (6)

   And when the wheel of life runs down and peace come over me,
   Then lay me down in that old town between the hills and sea;
   I'll take my sleep in those green fields, the place I grew a man,
   With the boys of Barr na Sráide who hunted for the wran.

   
   Composed by Sigerson Clifford about his young days in Caherciveen, Co. Kerry

   
   Note: Barr na Sráide is the upper street of Caherciveen

   (per Seán Ó Súilleabháin)

   

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   Sigerson Clifford