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School: Clones (Naomh Tighearnach) (roll number 13685)

Location:
Clones, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Mac Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 274

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  1. An Irish Fairy Ballad (continued)

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    spells of long ago.
    IV
    Who is brave enough to follow where the solemn night-winds call?
    Who will join them down from Mulin to moonbeams falling white?
    All his earthly woes shall leave him
    Human sorrows never grieve him
    And the Fairy harps shall lull him evermore with strange delight.
    V
    They are marching down from Mulin
    Stepping fast before the dawn
    Fainter grows the Fairy music, dying plaintively on the blast
    And I ponder by the embers
    While my trustful soul remembers
    All the magic of lost visions -- all the dreams of youth long passed
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornapaste, Co. Monaghan