School: Kilbonane, Lios an Phúca (Beaufort) (roll number 5482)

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1. Amhrán (continued)

   “You brave sons ofErin and daughters so pleasing, ¶ With bright smiling features of every degree”

   

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   In many a hard battle as I said before,
   Where our fathers were conquered, upturned and banished
   By the Saxon invader in black days of yore.

   And oh! to this land, I can never describe it,
   To be seen with delight in its fragrance so pure.
   And the fine crystal channels all round Innisfallen
   That were once well examined by the poet Thomas Moore.

   Quite lonely and silient is this blessed Island,
   The swans that reside there are whiter than snow,
   And the Royal Victoria, that spot so adoring,
   So gloriously smiling on famed Aghadoe.

   From England, from Scotland, from Belgium and Holland
   The tourists came gathering in Summer, you know
   From New York and Boston they plough the Atlantic
   And pay their first visit to the Gap of Dunloe.

   I have now come to Beaufort where you oft have resorted,
   That place so well noted for fame and renown,
   And in the tall trees there yonder, 'mid beauty and wonder
   Is the seat of Judge Day by the banks of Laune.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Padraig Ó Riobeard

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymalis, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Frank Roberts

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   64

   Address

   Ballymalis, Co. Kerry