And as I Rode by Granard MoatCombining the rigour of an anthologist with the informal charm of a legendary raconteur, Benedict Kiely leads us on a delightful ramble around Ireland through song and verse. Starting in 'Sweet Omagh Town', we travel down the lanes and highways of thirty-two counties with help from the great poets of Ireland and from the traditional songs of nature, love and rebellion - 'The Yellow Bittern', 'Ringleted Youth of My Love', 'The Bold Fenian Men' and many others. And as I Rode by Granard Moat is much more than a collection of poems and ballads: it is at once the literary evocation of an island and an intimate, highly personal chronicle. |
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... keep his mollye , I can do without her prime , Jist let him keep his daughter , the hungry - lukin ' nur , There's jist as chancy weemin , in the countryside as her . ' Man , he let a big thravalley , an ' sent us both - ye know , But ...
... keep his mollye , I can do without her prime , Jist let him keep his daughter , the hungry - lukin ' nur , There's jist as chancy weemin , in the countryside as her . ' Man , he let a big thravalley , an ' sent us both - ye know , But ...
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Benedict Kiely. Out of the house , or keep back death . But Raftery , rising , curses as he sees you Stir the fire and wash delph , That he was bred a poet whose selfish trade it is To keep no beauty to himself . In this same collection ...
Benedict Kiely. Out of the house , or keep back death . But Raftery , rising , curses as he sees you Stir the fire and wash delph , That he was bred a poet whose selfish trade it is To keep no beauty to himself . In this same collection ...
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... Keep your head down , and keep it in a helmet when you're passing through Limerick . But now that Patrick Sarsfield has been mentioned , I may have somewhat more to say about him . Or let Denis A. McCarthy say it in his poem about the ...
... Keep your head down , and keep it in a helmet when you're passing through Limerick . But now that Patrick Sarsfield has been mentioned , I may have somewhat more to say about him . Or let Denis A. McCarthy say it in his poem about the ...
Contents
Contents | 1 |
The Green Flowery Banks Anon 7 The Ballad of Douglas Bridge | 14 |
Omagh Town Anon 28 The Treacherous Waves of Loughmuck | 31 |
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