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CARROLL BAWN T'was in the town of Wexford, They sentenced him to die. T'was in the town of Wexford They built the gallows high And there one summer morning When beamed the gentle dawn, Uponthat cursed gibbet, They hung my Carroll Bawn Oh! he was true and loyal, Oh! he was proud and fair, And only nineteen summers Shown on his golden hair And when his gallant brothers Had grasped the pike in hand, Where the green flag streamed the fairest He stood for native land. I saw him cross the heather With his bold companie And from the rising hill side, He waved his hand to me. Then on my wild heart settled A load of woe and pain, Mo bhron!its throbbings told me, We'd never meet again. They fought the Saxon foeman, By Slaney's glancing wave, But brutal strength oerpowered, The gallant and the brave. And in the field which followed that day of misery, Sore wounded he was taken, My Carroll Bawn machree. Oh fareer gair! [fhior ghear?] that ever I saw that dreadful sight His locks all damply hanging His cheeks so deadly white. What wonder if my ringlets Where [sic] changed from dark to gray - Or if the blessed hand of God Had taen my life away. T'was in the town of Wexford, They sentenced him to die. T'was in the town of Wexford They built the gallows high. With form erect and manly And look of scornful pride, For Ireland's faith and freedom My true love nobly died. The meadow path is lonely The hearth is cold and dim, And the silent churchyard blossom Blooms softly over him. And my heart is ever yearning For the calm rest coming on When its weary pulse lies sleeping Beside my Carroll Bawn. Fergus O'Byrne is a folksinger in Newfoundland. He sings a song, Carroll Ban, learned from the book Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook by Genevieve Lehr and Anita Best. The authors of the book had collected it in 1978 from a local singer named Carrie Brennan. The song is almost word for word from the poem, Carrol Bawn, by John Keegan Casey, which appears In The Rising of the Moon and other Ballads, Songs and Legends, published in Glasgow in 1869. Casey also wrote the poem The Rising of the Moon. filename[ CARRBAWN LB Feb07 |
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