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1. Songs Composed about Places Around my District (continued)

   “The Barrel Rocks:- Come all you jolly mariners give ear into my song,”

   

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   It was from Queenstown Harbour
   Our big ship di set sail,
   With many cheerful boys and girls
   From poor old Granwale,
   Who were forced to leave their dear old home,
   And new ones to pursue,
   And I thought that day my heart would break
   For my home in sweet Kilmoe.

   When I reach Columba's shore
   Where freedom always smiles,
   I'll never forget though far away,
   My home in Erin's Isle,
   Where in childhood days I rambled,
   When troubles were but few,
   Oh I'll never forget, though far away,
   My home is in sweet Kilmore,

   When I'm in a foreign strand,
   Strange faces there I'll see,
   But none so dear or true to me,
   As those of Carbery,
   Although I'm far across the seas,
   To them I will be true,
   To neighbours kind that I left behind,
   In the Parish of sweet Kilmoe

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