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  1. Granuaile

    CBÉ 0190

    to free our right's again.
    'Twas by Coenshel [?] we were bound
    Our sons were sent to gaol
    You need not fret we'll have home rule yet
    Says poor old Granuaile.
    V
    I awakened from my slumber
    excited with the fright.
    I thought it was the clear daylight
    I found it was only night.
    I looked around I could not see
    But the walls of a lonely [?]
    and thats the last of saw
    Of poor old Granuaile.
  2. Granuaile

    CBÉ 0190

    that ever my eyes have seen
    I then drew near that I could hear
    the pleasant morning gale
    She went along and sung her song
    Saying I'm poor old Granuaile.
    III
    I thought she had a splendid harp
    by her side she let it fall
    The tune she played was Brian Boru
    Garryowen and To Tara's hall.
    God save Ireland was the next
    Our Martyrs died in gaol
    "You need not fret we'll
    have home [?] get"
    Says poor old Granuaile
    IIII
    In O Connell's time in '29 you had not brave men
    That struggled hard both day and night
  3. Granuaile

    CBÉ 0190

    I
    Oh my dream comes true to you
    As it did to me my country and Erins lovely shore.
    I dream't I was upon a hill
    Beside a lovely shore vale
    The fairest soul I ever seen
    and her name was Granuaile
    II
    Her lovely hair hung down her neck
    And she was dressed in green
    I thought she was the fairest soul
  4. Mummers' Rhymes

    CBÉ 0190

    promotion on you smile.
    like Wellington and Waterloo and Nelson on the Nile.
    (St. Patrick speaks)
    Yes! Prince George my valiant sons
    Shall the British flag maintain
    And shall firmly stand at your command
    In safety may reign
    We'll have pleasant days when parties cease
    And friendships will unite
    And Wellington you need not fear that threatening Muscovite.
    Around each shore our guns shall roar
    like rattling thunder peal
    and our foes shall dread the British dead
    And the sons of Granuaile
    Tis for my life I value it not