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School: Clonoose

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Clonoose Big, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 198

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 198

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  1. Willie Reilly and his Dear Colleen Bán

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    1
    O rise up Willie Reilly and come along with me
    For I mean to go with you and leave this country
    To leave my fathers dwellings his houses and free lands
    And away go Willie Reilly and his dear Colleen Bán
    2.
    They go by hills and mountains and by a lonesome plain
    Through shady groves and valleys all dangers to refrain
    But her father followed after with his well-armed band
    And taken was poor Reilly and his dear Colleen Ban.
    3.
    It's home that she was taken and in her closet bound
    Poor Reilly all in Sligo jail
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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