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Thread #88686   Message #2404265
Posted By: GUEST,Guest, TLC
03-Aug-08 - 10:48 AM
Thread Name: Origins:/ADD: Above a Plain / Swiftly Flowing Labe
Subject: RE: Origins:/ADD: Above a Plain / Swiftly Flowing
My mother of Irish/Welsh/Cornish descent taught the song to us this way:

All the same as above but last part:

But, no, tis not a boy at all;
'Tis Ifgus (spelling is just phonetic) Castle spires so tall.

I have been looking for an Irish spelling for the castle and no luck in the Bristish Isles either.