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96 BALL A.D POETRY
ORANGE AND GREEN.
BY GERALD GRIFFIN.
The night was falling dreary
In merry Bandon town,
When in his cottage weary.
An Orangeman lay down.
The summer sun in splendour
Had set upon the vale,
And shouts of " No surrender ! "
Arose upon the gale.
Beside the waters, laving
The feet of aged trees.
The Orange banners waving.
Flew boldly in the breeze —
In mighty chorus meeting,
A hundred voices join,
And fife and drum were beating
The Battle of the Boyne.
Ha ! tow'rd his cottage hieing.
What form is speeding now.
From yonder thicket flying,
With blood upon his brow ?
" Hide — hide me, worthy stranger !
Though green my colour be.
And in the day of danger
May heaven remember thee !
"In yonder vale contending
Alone against that crew,
My life and limbs defending,
An Orangeman I slew.
ORANGE AND GREEN.
BY GERALD GRIFFIN.
The night was falling dreary
In merry Bandon town,
When in his cottage weary.
An Orangeman lay down.
The summer sun in splendour
Had set upon the vale,
And shouts of " No surrender ! "
Arose upon the gale.
Beside the waters, laving
The feet of aged trees.
The Orange banners waving.
Flew boldly in the breeze —
In mighty chorus meeting,
A hundred voices join,
And fife and drum were beating
The Battle of the Boyne.
Ha ! tow'rd his cottage hieing.
What form is speeding now.
From yonder thicket flying,
With blood upon his brow ?
" Hide — hide me, worthy stranger !
Though green my colour be.
And in the day of danger
May heaven remember thee !
"In yonder vale contending
Alone against that crew,
My life and limbs defending,
An Orangeman I slew.
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| Description | Edited by Charles Gavan Duffy. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(3) |
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| Description | Containing The spirit of the nation [Poems] and The spirit of the nation. Part 2. Being a second series of political songs and national ballads and The ballad poetry of Ireland |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(1-3) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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