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1. Brennan on the Moor (continued)

   

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   One day, on the highway, as young Willie he sat down
   He met the Mayor of Cashel a mile outside the town
   The Mayor, he knew his features - "I think, young man", said he
   "Your name is Willy Brennan - you must come along with me"

   As Brennan's wife had gone to town provisions for to buy
   When she saw her Willy, she began to weep and cry;
   He says "Give me that tenpenny". As soon as Willie spoke
   She handed him a blunderbuss from underneath her cloak

   Then with his loaded blunderbuss - the truth I will unfold -
   He made the Mayor tremble and robbed him of his gold;
   One hundred pounds were offered for his apprehension there
   And he, with his horse and saddle, to the mountain did repair.

   Then Brennan being an outlaw, upon the mountain high
   With cavalry and infantry to take him they did try;
   He laughed at them with scorn until at length it's said;
   By a false-hearted woman he basely was betrayed.

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      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. people
         1. robbers (~423)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   William Kenneally

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   48

   Address

   Barnahown, Co. Tipperary