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1. Poems - The Blowing Up of the Siege Train by Sarsfield

   

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   Taken down from Patrick Ryan Tim Turraheen by his son Timothy

   1.
   The night fell dark in Limerick.
   And everything was still.
   'Twas from our foes in ambush.
   We laid beside a hill.
   Like lion's bold we waited
   To rush upon our pray.
   We had gallant Sarsfield at our back.
   By the dawning of the day.

   2.
   From Dublin came the foes.
   With guns and stores of war.
   But to take the walls of Limerick
   They want for ten times more
   And little were they dreaming
   That they would meet their doom
   For they met with gallant Sarsfield
   Far down from wild Slievebloom.

   3.
   At the lonely dawn of midnight
   Each man did mount his steed.
   Right through the streets of Cullen town
   They dashed with lightning speed.
   And oe'r the hill like thunder
   To Ballyneety wall.
   Where lay our foes secure my boys
   With guns and stores of war.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Timothy Ryan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Turraheen Upper, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Patrick Ryan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Turraheen Upper, Co. Tipperary