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School: Cillín (Portomna)

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Killeen South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Dúnadhaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0143

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    (continued from previous page)
    A leanbh, mo chroidhe! A leanbh mo chroidhe!
    Sure a "stag" and a traitor you never will be.
    IV
    There's no look of a traitor upon the young brow.
    That's raised to the tempters so haughtily now;
    No traitor e'er held up, the firm head so high,
    No traitor e'er show'd such a proud flashing eye.
    On the high gallows tree! on the brave gallows tree!
    Where smil'd leaves and blossoms his sad doom not he!
    But it never bore blossom so pure or so fair.
    As the heart of the marytr that hangs from it there.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Nevin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughaunroe East, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Miss Nora Nevin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 62
    Address
    Loughaunroe East, Co. Galway