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Thread #87863   Message #1646793
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-Jan-06 - 11:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Plenty of Lakes in Fermanagh
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Plenty of lakes in Fermanagh
Brakn seems to be on the right track.

Declan Nerney sings ANNA FROM FERMANAGH on his album "Going Round & Round." He wrote it with his frequent collaborator, Henry McMahon. Here's an excerpt transcribed from the sound file at Declan Nerney's web site:

When he heard she'd got wed, the matchmaker said:
"Sure there's lots of fine girls in Fermanagh."
Owney loves Anna from the county Fermanagh,
And sure Anna loves Owney as well.
As they drove up and down, doin' laps round the town,
They were madly in love, you could tell.
On the day they got wed,....