School: Clonmore, Teampoll Mór (roll number 12541)

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1. On Carden's Wild Domain (continued)

   

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   And echo all the woods around,
   On Carden's Wild Domain.

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   How grand to roam the shady walks,
   Those flowery dells and water;
   To ramble through those grand old woods;
   To tell some happy tales,
   In bowers green where lovers meet,
   Free form all grief and pain,
   Where nature decks the verdant plains
   Of Carden's Wild Domain.

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   It grieves me sore to see this land,
   Oppressed by tyrant laws,
   To strike a blow for this fair land
   Would be in righteous cause,
   To see our sons and daughters fair,
   Compelled to cross the main,
   And leaving such a land behind
   As Carden's Wild Domain.

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   So rise you men around Barnane,
   And hasten to the fray,
   And join that noble general,
   McSweeney from Killea,
   Led on by this brave mountaineer
   Their lands we will regain;

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Meehan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisduff, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Michael Meehan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisduff, Co. Laois