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1. Song - Far-Famed Rosduff (continued)

   

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   That stands tall and thin with the roads at it's feet. How often do I ramble far up on it's summit, And gather rasberry and wild meadow sweet. So memory, my chains brings my heart to old Erin. With links that will break not nor never grow rough Enlighten and cheer my life's dreary pathway And call me back to far famed Rosduff. They remind me again of the still summer evening. When I stood on the bridge Inhaling sweet air. And watch the sunset disappear in the distance And gazed on the face of Lough Gowna's fair. O friend happy friends and true hearts were near To share all my joys which were then fair enough Where are the now o their

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   James Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   78

   Address

   Rosduff, Co. Longford