School: Clonoose
- Location:
- Clonoose Big, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 213
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- (continued from previous page)Proud was I of my girl so tall
And envied most by the young me all
When first I brought her bashful bride/
To my cottage home by Lake Sheelins Side.
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But oh our joys were too full to last
The land Lord came our young hopes to blast.
In vain we pleaded for mercy no.
They turned us forth in the blinding snow.
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And no one dare open to us their door's.
Or else that vengeance might reach them too.
My Eileen fainted in my arms died
While the snow fell thickly on the mountain Side
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I said one prayer for my lifless love.
And raised my hands to the heavens(continues on next page)
