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Sing fall , & c . To Londonderry city , their course they did steer , But they were
prevented , although very near , Their fleet while at sea , they were scattered
away , By a storm from the heavens , which did them dismay . Sing fall , & c . But
three ...
Sing fall , & c . To Londonderry city , their course they did steer , But they were
prevented , although very near , Their fleet while at sea , they were scattered
away , By a storm from the heavens , which did them dismay . Sing fall , & c . But
three ...
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Sing fall , & c . Like unto hearts of gold , so bravely they did stand , Though but
one hundred and fifty , against a thousand men ; And they were all six feet high ,
of chosen tories wild , * And slighted us gossoons , as Flobert them styled . Sing
fall ...
Sing fall , & c . Like unto hearts of gold , so bravely they did stand , Though but
one hundred and fifty , against a thousand men ; And they were all six feet high ,
of chosen tories wild , * And slighted us gossoons , as Flobert them styled . Sing
fall ...
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Sing fall , & c . “ My boys , ” he says , “ they ' re yonder , betwixt us and the sun ;
Now coolly and with courage , fall on , my boys , fall on ! ” And betwixt the mull of
Galloway , and the point of Ayre , The thundering of our cannon the nations round
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Sing fall , & c . “ My boys , ” he says , “ they ' re yonder , betwixt us and the sun ;
Now coolly and with courage , fall on , my boys , fall on ! ” And betwixt the mull of
Galloway , and the point of Ayre , The thundering of our cannon the nations round
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Contents
P435 | 3 |
POPULAR SONGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF | |
Songs relating to the Bantry Bay Invasion 1 The Shan Van Vocht 43 | 43 |
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ... Volume 21 of Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy society |
| Author | Percy society |
| Publisher | Percy society, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
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