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1. An Old Song

   “farewell Drumcliffe and barney,”

   

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   Farewell Drumcliffe and Carney, Lissadell and Maugherow, And many a happy day I spent In the handle of my plough. Our rent was paid, we were not afraid, We thought we would not go. We were forced to yield and quit the field On board the "Pomeno" (II) Bad luck to you, Sir Robert, That you may be lying low With your agent, Captain Dodwell, And your driver Jimmy Joe. You sent four hundred and eighty families On board the "Pomeno". Owing to the eviction this song was composed and the evicted people were occupants in a place calle the "Seven Cartrons" which now comprises the greater part of Lissadell demesne. These were already referred to in a previous lesson. Ada Shaw Nunstown Told by Miss E. Shaw (96) Ballinagalliagh

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ada Shaw

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynagalliagh, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Miss E. Shaw

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   96

   Address

   Ballynagalliagh, Co. Sligo