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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... town and to another lough which lies close to it . Nobody quite knows who wrote this first poem or song . SWEET OMAGH TOWN Ah ! from proud Dungannon to Ballyshannon And from Cullyhanna to Old Ardboe I've roused and rambled , caroused ...
... town and to another lough which lies close to it . Nobody quite knows who wrote this first poem or song . SWEET OMAGH TOWN Ah ! from proud Dungannon to Ballyshannon And from Cullyhanna to Old Ardboe I've roused and rambled , caroused ...
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... Town . ' That other lough , small and unpretentious , a couple of miles from the town is called , modestly , Lough Muck . But the name is not , by any means , intended to lower it to the level of a mudbath . It was fine to swim in , and ...
... Town . ' That other lough , small and unpretentious , a couple of miles from the town is called , modestly , Lough Muck . But the name is not , by any means , intended to lower it to the level of a mudbath . It was fine to swim in , and ...
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... town . The circus , the circus is coming to town , - With strange - looking people all brawny and brown , With athletes and acrobats ready to seize And soar through the air on the flying trapeze . With rattle of harness and rumble of ...
... town . The circus , the circus is coming to town , - With strange - looking people all brawny and brown , With athletes and acrobats ready to seize And soar through the air on the flying trapeze . With rattle of harness and rumble of ...
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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