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Thread #92482   Message #1767911
Posted By: Big Tim
24-Jun-06 - 04:12 AM
Thread Name: Irish Republican ballads - need advice
Subject: RE: Irish Republican ballards - need advice
Here's another (sung as the third) verse for "Irish Soldier Boy". This is transcribed from Diarmuid O'Neill's 1963 recording and there's one word that I can't make out. Can any one help?

O grand it was to see him go in his youthful strength and pride,
As straight and thin as the mountain ash that grows by Inish? side,
He left a memory in the heart that time can never destroy,
And said, 'mother dear, I know you'll pray for your Irish soldier boy'.