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1. Local Songs - The Annalee (continued)

   

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   VIII
   Hudson, fair Hudson, the American Rhine
   Your liabilities are gorgeous and quasi divine
   I gazed on your charms from New York to Buffalo
   That magic still wanting that hangs round Bunnoe
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   I have been in the east and I have been to the West
   But these of all waters my heart loves the best
   For go where you will or wherever you may roam
   There is none to compare with the Eden at home.
   X
   I travelled the Rhine I travelled the Rhone;
   I lived many years on the Tiber of Rome;
   What memories the name of old Tiber invokes
   The triumph of kings , the succession of Popes.
   XI
   She witnessed the rise and the fall of old Rome.
   From pagan saw Christian mount up to the Throne
   O river of rivers, the sweet Annalee
   Holds records and memories far dearer to me.
   XII
   With the boys of my youth; loved companions of yore
   How oft, oh how oft we repaired to her shore
   And there from the brink with a good header in
   Disported ourselves likes the fishes within.
   XIII
   Talk of your theatres, balls, music, resorts
   Of banquets of games and of horse racing sports
   But what can compare for health joy and pure fun.
   With the river, the boat, the rod and the gun.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Michael Kellett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 68

   Address

   Bunnoe, Co. Cavan