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OF IRELAND. 180
He has black silver from Killaloe —
Kyan and Carroll are neighbours
Nenagh submits with a pillileu —
Butler is meat for our sabres !
Up from the Castle of Drumineer,
Down from the top of Camailte,
Kyan and Carroll are coming here
To give him the cead mile failte.
'Tis scarce a week since through Ossory
Chased he the Baron of Durrow —
Forced him five rivers to cross, or he
Had died by the sword of Eed Murrough !
Up from the Castle of Drumineer,
Down from the top of Camailte,
All the O'Briens are coming here
To give him the cead mile failte.
Tall are the towers of O'Kennedy —
Broad are the lands of MacCarha —
Desmond feeds five hundred men a-day ;
Yet, here's to O'Brien of Arra !
Up from the Castle of Drumineer,
Down from the top of Camailte,
Clansman and kinsman are coming here
To give him the cead mile failte.
THE IRISH MOTHER IN THE PENAL DAYS.
BY JOHN BANIM.
Now welcome, welcome, baby-boy, unto a mother's fears.
The pleasure of her sufierings, the rainbow of her tears.
The object of your father's hope, in all he hopes to do,
A future man of his own land, to live him o'er anew 1

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Ballad poetry of Ireland
DescriptionEdited by Charles Gavan Duffy.
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Composite volume
DescriptionContaining 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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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.