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1. An Old Song - The Old Grey Mare (continued)

   

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   And meet with old acquaintance in the regions down below,
   And greet a hearty welcome to himself and Justice Keogh.
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   With that he let a dreadful roar and vanished in a blaze
   He left us on the road my boys all standing in amaze.
   We could not stir one hand or foot to speak we did not dare.
   While in the drain beside us laid the carcase of the mare.
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   It took us two full hour to recover of the freight
   Not a single man of us could sleep a wink that night.
   The moment that we closed our eye we see the vision quare.
   We see the Ghost of Talbart and he mounted on the Mare
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   So now we must go walking.
   When there dirty work to do
   May curse attend those Leguers there a dam

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Gunning

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coole, Co. Westmeath