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The Boys of Barr na Sr​á​ide

from M​ó​r Mo Mholadh Great Is My Praise by Diarmuid O Cathasaigh

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The town that climbs the mountain
and looks out on the sea
In waking time or in sleeping time
it’s there I’d long to be,
To see again those stately fields
the place my life began,
With those boys from Barr na Sráide
who hunted for the wran.

With cudgels stout we roamed about
to hunt the gay dreoilín
We searched for birds in every furze
from Letter to Dooneen.
We jumped with joy beneath the sky
life held no print or plan,
For those boys in Barr na Sráide
who hunted for the wran.

And when the hills were bleeding
and the rifles were ablaze,
To the rebel homes of Kerry
the Saxon stranger came
But the men who braved the Auxies
and fought the Black and Tans
Were once boys in Barr na Sráide
who hunted for the wran.

And here’s a health to them tonight
the men who laughed with me
Along the Carhan river
by the slopes of Beenatee,
John Dawley and Batt Andy
the Shehans Con and Dan,
Were once boys in Barr na Sraide
who hunted for the wran.

And now they toil on foreign soil
where they have gone their way,
Deep in the heart of London town
or over on Broadway,
And I am left to sing their deeds
and praise them while I can,
Those boys from Barr na Sraide
who hunted for the wran.

And when the wheels of life run out
and peace comes over me,
Just lay me down in that old town
between the hills and sea.
I’ll take my sleep in those green fields,
the place my life began,
With those boys from Barr na Sraide
who hunted for the wran.

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from M​ó​r Mo Mholadh Great Is My Praise, released May 16, 2021

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