There are a lot of holes in this transcription but I'm hoping that someone might be able to fill in the missing (or incorrect) phrases. I do have a recording of this but the singer is not enunciating very well and I just can't make out what all the words are. Part of my problem is just not being familiar with local jargon and place names.

Ballyroan is in Co. Laois, just northeast of Abbeyleix.

Ballyroan

I love the sunny shores of France
I love the Italian skies
Where beauty beams o'er fields and streams
And nature reigns sublime
I love the Alps, the winding Rhine
The classic (bow and row?)
But ten times more do I adore
The skies o'er Ballyroan

The golden sun ne'er shone upon
A sweeter little town
The padded wheel that runs the mill
Through hazel shades runs down
The (multi?) crowned with noble trees
Its origins unknown
Its silver grays illumes the place
For miles round Ballyroan

The chapel spire high over all
(Boils?) to the crystal skies
The vesper's chimes proclaim the time
When evening worships night
And home the hearty workman hikes
His (hour of toil now flow?)
With songs of cheer and Scottish beer
Enlivens Ballyroan

Oh, Ballyroan, me native home
It grieves my heart full sore
Within my breast (in you oppress?)
I'd act the hero's part
If I should fall for Ireland's cause
Like Emmett and ( ? )
(my lay to sun to golden high??)
Before sweet Ballyroan


Richard