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Thread #2405   Message #2641979
Posted By: GUEST,mayomick
27-May-09 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Belfast Town
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Belfast Town
What about the song in Sam Henry's collection ? It has a lovely tune , but after the opening verse (below from memory) becomes very fanciful . I don't know if it has ever been recorded.

Belfast Town now rich and great
was then a village small
And flocks of sheep grazed on the spot
where stands the Linen Hall
And at that time young Dermot lived
and a collar of gold he wore
He ruled the ground from Belfast Town
to the Mourne Mountain shore