Popular Songs of IrelandThomas Crofton Croker |
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... Fair 193 XLI . Glashen - Glora 198 XLII . Gougane Barra 200 XLIII . Young Kate of Kilcummer 205 XLIV . The Boys of Kilkenny 206 XLIX . XLV . The Hermit of Killarney XLVI . The Kilruddery Hunt XLVII . The Praise of Kinsale XLVIII ...
... Fair 193 XLI . Glashen - Glora 198 XLII . Gougane Barra 200 XLIII . Young Kate of Kilcummer 205 XLIV . The Boys of Kilkenny 206 XLIX . XLV . The Hermit of Killarney XLVI . The Kilruddery Hunt XLVII . The Praise of Kinsale XLVIII ...
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... Fair Maid of Passage LX . The Entrenchment of Ross .. LXI . Shandrum Boggoon .... LXII . Shannon's flowery Banks .. LXIII . The Mayor of Waterford's Letter LXIV . The Praise of Waterford ...... 275 277 304 307 310 331 THE WOOD - CUTS ...
... Fair Maid of Passage LX . The Entrenchment of Ross .. LXI . Shandrum Boggoon .... LXII . Shannon's flowery Banks .. LXIII . The Mayor of Waterford's Letter LXIV . The Praise of Waterford ...... 275 277 304 307 310 331 THE WOOD - CUTS ...
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... our land , Fresh and fair as the daughters of Erin , Whose smiles can bewitch , whose eyes can command , In each climate that they may appear in ; THE GREEN LITTLE SHAMROCK OF IRELAND . 47 And shine 46 THE POPULAR SONGS OF IRELAND .
... our land , Fresh and fair as the daughters of Erin , Whose smiles can bewitch , whose eyes can command , In each climate that they may appear in ; THE GREEN LITTLE SHAMROCK OF IRELAND . 47 And shine 46 THE POPULAR SONGS OF IRELAND .
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... fair share of poteen in his day , and was nothing the worse of it . " It is to be hoped , " adds Barrow , " that this honest fellow will not endeavour to prevail on his poor neighbours to forego entirely this necessary beverage ...
... fair share of poteen in his day , and was nothing the worse of it . " It is to be hoped , " adds Barrow , " that this honest fellow will not endeavour to prevail on his poor neighbours to forego entirely this necessary beverage ...
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... fair sex , who was delicately and mysteriously represented to have been " overtaken . " " What do you mean by being overtaken ? " inquired the examining counsel . " Overtaken by whom ? " 66 By no one , yo'r honour . Oh ! indeed , no one ...
... fair sex , who was delicately and mysteriously represented to have been " overtaken . " " What do you mean by being overtaken ? " inquired the examining counsel . " Overtaken by whom ? " 66 By no one , yo'r honour . Oh ! indeed , no one ...
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adieu appears Avondu ballad beautiful Blackpool Blarney Castle Bog of Allen bogs Bounce upon Bess boys bumpers Callanan called Carrigaline Castle celebrated copy Croagh Patrick Croker dear Doneraile Donnybrook fair drink Dublin Editor English Erin's favourite Fir bolg following song gentleman glass Gougane Barra Groves of Blarney heart hill Hillaloo honour Hudibras humour Irish Hudibras Irishman John Jonah Barrington Kilkenny Kilternan king Kinsale land Limerick liquor little shamrock Lord lyric Lysaght Macroom Mallow manuscript Millikin morning mountain Munster ne'er never o'er O'Kelly Patrick Patrick's day plains of Onnabuoy plant poems poet popular potato poteen printed Quia tu semper remarkable river river Lee root Saint says semper intacta manes shamrock shamrock so green shew sing Sir Walter Skellig List spirit sprig of Shillelah sung sweet thee there's thou faithless world town Twas verse Waterford whisky-punch wild
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Page 234 - WITH deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee, — With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee.
Page 236 - Of thy belfry, knelling Its bold notes free, Made the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand, on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. I've heard bells tolling Old Adrian's Mole...
Page 143 - There is a stone there, that whoever kisses, Oh! he never misses to grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber to a lady's chamber, Or become a member of parliament: A clever spouter he'll sure turn out, or An out-and-outer, "to be let alone," Don't hope to hinder him, or to bewilder him; Sure he's a pilgrim from the Blarney stone!
Page 33 - ... and if they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue there withal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast."*** The authors of this calamity reaped from it the expected fruits.
Page 220 - In seventeen hundred and forty and four, The fifth of December, I think, 'twas no more, At five in the morning by most of the clocks, We rode from Kilruddery in search of a fox.
Page 133 - Blacke-water, and the Liffar deep, Sad Trowis, that once his people over-ran, Strong Allo tombling from Slewlogher steep, And Mulla mine, whose waves I whilom taught to weep.
Page 225 - And on the broken pavement, here and there, Doth many a stinking sprat and herring lie; A brandy and tobacco shop is near, And hens, and dogs, and hogs, are feeding by : And here a sailor's jacket hangs to dry.
Page 202 - Still, still in those wilds might young liberty rally, And send her strong shout over mountain and valley, The star of the west might yet rise in its glory, And the land that was darkest be brightest in story.
Page 146 - Tis there the lake is, well stored with perches, And comely eels in the verdant mud; Besides the leeches, and groves of beeches, Standing in order for to guard the flood.
Page 271 - The town of Passage Is both large and spacious, And situated Upon the say. 'Tis nate and dacent, And quite adjacent To come from Cork On a summer's day ; There you may slip in To take a dipping, Foment the shipping That at anchor ride ; Or in a wherry Cross o'er the ferry To Carrigaloe, On the other side.