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   A song was composed about them :-
   I
   "Come up to the hill, Johnnie Moran, as ne'er such a sight did you see,
   The men of Dutch Bill in the lowlands are march o'er valley and lea,
   Big cannon they bring for their warfare, and powder and bullets go leor,
   To battle the grey walls of Limerick, down by the deep Shannon shore.
   II
   They girded their corslets and sabres that morning so glorious and still,
   They leaped like good men to the saddles and took the lone path to the hill,
   And deftly they handled their bridles as on towards the highlands they pressed,
   And they swept over woodland and valley
   Till they came to the hill's airy crest.
   III
   Look down to the east, Johnnie Moran, where the wings of the morn are spread,
   Each baynet you see in the sunlight, it gleams on an enemy's head,
   Look down on their long line of baggage their huge guns of iron and brass

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Chonnmhaigh

   Gender

   Female