School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)

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1. Local Songs

   “I am lonely to-night oh! my sad heat is aching”

   

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   1. I often climbed the Hill of Ward, Some thirty years ago. And sat upon its grassy sward, And viewed the vales below. Tom Potterton, Kildalkey. 2. One fine Sunday evening in the month of May, To Rathcormac I did stray. I met Tom Garry on my way, There is a dance in Hesnans, Tom did say The've Browne and McDonnell for the night to play. Whack fol the diddle o' the dye do day. Told by Patrick Newman Wood, Kildalkey.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Patrick Newman

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kildalkey, Co. Meath

2. Local Songs

   “I often climbed the Hill of Ward, Some thirty years ago.”

   

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   1.
   I am lonely to night oh! my sad heart is aching,
   To think I must part from my youths happy home.
   And long are the green vales at morning are waking.
   Far far from the loved ones in Trim I must roam.

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