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1. Tinnecarrig Bold Rock I Stand (continued)

   

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   Supposed to be (written) composed by a Father McCarthy - an Irish priest of the American Mission about twenty years ago.

   

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2. Song Composed During the Black and Tan Period

   

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   I In the County of Kilkennay in the town of Bornafea The Gallant youth took up the gun and went into the fray To outwit the cruel enemy It was their chief delight And the hacking shovel could be heard, In the stillness of th enight. II They took them from the dungeons and the slums of London town. And sent them here to Erins Isle to hunt our people down. With their rifles, tanks, and aeroplanes They thougth we would give way But to break the spirit of the Yael They'll never see the day.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   John O Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Glaisín, Co. Cheatharlach

   Informant

   Mrs O Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baile Glaisín, Co. Cheatharlach