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1. Unpublished Irish Songs - The Rising of '67 (continued)

   

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   Can't be expressed by me.

   For traitors base betrayed them

   Who high among them stood,

   And steeped the soil of Ireland

   In her best and noblest blood.

   
   May my curse alight on Corodon

   The fiend must be from hell

   The wretched coward and traitor

   How many by him fell!

   And if he is living. Oh! What a life!

   Far better seek the grave

   Than bear the ban of infamy

   And the fetters of a slave.

   
   They wait, and silence reigns all round

   The market clock strikes ten

   The murmuring of the mill cascade

   And the stealthy tread of men.

   Are all that break the silence

   For each man holds his breath

   And waits for one that never comes

   That coward too much fears death.

   
   Then Daly joins the stern ranks,

   The clock tolls out eleven

   And many a fervent prayer that night

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mrs Cotter

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   c. 55

   Address

   An Carragán, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   James Moore

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 60

   Address

   Baile Risteaird Mór, Co. Chorcaí