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1. Poem by Poet Aherne (continued)

   

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   Which causes my uneasiness increasing my calamity
   And leaves me bewailing without means to console

   Shall I bid adieu for ever to the lovely banks of Laune
   And to Cappaleen Bawn Cross where all the boys resort
   Likewise these pretty lasses so bonny sweet and charming
   To see me right and morning they always come forth
   Never more shall I see my own dear native country
   The fertile plains of Ballinagree and sweet Mushera More
   That sweet enchanted valley when I'm stationed since my infancy
   With fondness still increasing I daily do adore.

   I earnestly now beg of the Blessed Queen of Angels
   That thou wouldst intercede to return me once more
   And for my false transactions I'll offer retribution

   I fervently now promise thee in future if I'm spared must be
   To spend my life exemplarily, I pray thee interpose
   Beseeching they Son Jesus to be gracious unto me
   And if death should intervene to grant peace to my soul

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas C. Walshe

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Ned Ring

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dooneens, Co. Cork