Scoil: Grangegeeth (uimhir rolla 2630)

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1. Local Poets - The Hill of Slane

   

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   Thomas Weldon, Crosslane, Grangegeith, emigrated to America and died there.
   He sent home the following verses about the Hill of Slane.
   I. The Hill of Slane. \God be with you, Hill of Slane
   Where we played many a childish game,
   Where holy Patrick's fire had burned
   And Pagans unto Christians turned.
   The same old hill you are today
   As when Saint Patrick came that way,
   Tho' far from you across the main
   I love you still, sweet Hill of Slane.
   II.
   And from that summit one can view
   The Hill of Skryne and Tara too.
   I love your ruins, your buildings all
   Your tree so green, your ivied wall,
   Your little graveyard by your side
   Is the resting place of my friends who died,
   That's the reason that it gives me pain,
   I love you so, sweet Hill of Slane.
   III.
   With the little town of Slane so near
   If you could only speak 'would hear
   Yet in silent words you speak the past,
   A Story that will ever last

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