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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 467 |
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Since, Nelly Ban, the theme of bards, I fell in love with thee,
And thy mother says she'll have me not, her son-in-law to be! |
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ROS GEAL DUBH '
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LONG, long way since yesterday I wildly sped, O'er mountain steep and valley deep, With airy tread; Loch Earne's tide, though its wave be wide,
I'd leap above, Were my guiding light that sunburst bright, The Rbs geal dubh /
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If to the fair you would repair
To sell your flocks, I pray secure your every door
With bolts and locks ; Nor linger late from the guarded gate,
When abroad you rove, Or the clerk will play through the live-long day,
With Rbs geal dubh /
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My dearest Rose, why should these woes Dishearten thee ?
1 This is one of those allegorical political songs so common in Ireland. The poet sings of his country under the similitude of a maiden to whom he is ardently attached. |
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