Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 21Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... says he in his journal , " sixteen sail , great and small ( nine or ten are of the line ) * scattered up and * A letter written from Berehaven on the morning of the 24th , which the Editor has seen in the Records of the Admiralty , says ...
... says he in his journal , " sixteen sail , great and small ( nine or ten are of the line ) * scattered up and * A letter written from Berehaven on the morning of the 24th , which the Editor has seen in the Records of the Admiralty , says ...
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... Says the Shan Van vocht ; What should the yeomen do , But throw off the red and blue , And swear that they'll be ... Says the Shan Van vocht ; What colour will they wear ? Says the Shan Van vocht ; What colour should be seen Where our ...
... Says the Shan Van vocht ; What should the yeomen do , But throw off the red and blue , And swear that they'll be ... Says the Shan Van vocht ; What colour will they wear ? Says the Shan Van vocht ; What colour should be seen Where our ...
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... Says the Shan Van vocht . Yes ! Ireland SHALL be free , From the centre to the sea ; Then hurra for Liberty ! Says the Shan Van vocht . II . THE INVASION OF IRELAND , CHRISTMAS 1796 . THIS ballad , which was probably first printed in a ...
... Says the Shan Van vocht . Yes ! Ireland SHALL be free , From the centre to the sea ; Then hurra for Liberty ! Says the Shan Van vocht . II . THE INVASION OF IRELAND , CHRISTMAS 1796 . THIS ballad , which was probably first printed in a ...
Contents
The Shan Van Vocht | 1 |
On a Mountain whose summit | iii |
The Bantry Bay Invasion 1797 | v |
Copyright | |
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