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1. Poetry - Claremorris Town

   

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   In fancy, I am roaming now,
   Where the hills are smiling down,
   On those gable roofs and streets,
   I loved in dear old Claremorris town.

   And all my tender thoughts,
   Of years come rushing home to day,
   To one here in exile dreaming,
   Four thousand miles away,
   Four thousand miles from sweet Mayo,
   The ocean waves between,
   My spirit ship is gliding oer,
   Those hills and valley green,
   Oer lakes and streams and wood land sweet,
   And bogs of purple brown,
   I see them all stretched out again,
   From dear old Claremorris town.

   O memory good kind trusted friend,
   It's true you have ever been,
   With brush and skill I will paint at will,
   My boy hood's path again

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Dowd

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lugatemple, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Dave Dowd

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male