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Oh it's of a brave young highway man this story we will tell |
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His name was Willie Brennan and in Ireland he did dwell |
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'Twas on the Kilworth Mountains he commenced his wild career |
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And many a wealthy noble man before him shook with fear. |
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And it's Brennan On The Moor, Brennan On The Moor |
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Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor. |
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One day upon the highway as Willie went down |
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He met the Mayor of Cashel, a mile outside the town |
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The Mayor, he knew his features, and he said, 'young man', said he |
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'Your name is Willie Brennan you must come along with me. |
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And it's Brennan On The Moor, Brennan On The Moor |
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Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor. |
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Now Brennan's wife had gone to town, provisions for to buy |
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And when she saw her Willie she commenced to weep and cry |
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She said, "Hand to me that tenpenny", as soon as Willie spoke |
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She handed him a blunderbuss from underneath her cloak. |
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For young Brennan On The Moor, Brennan On The Moor |
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Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor. |
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Then with this loaded Blunderbuss, the truth I will unfold |
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He made the Mayor to tremble and robbed him of his gold |
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One hundred pounds was offered for his apprehension there |
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So he with horse and saddle to the mountains did repair. |
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Did young Brennan On The Moor, Brennan On The Moor |
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Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor. |
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Now Brennan being an outlaw upon the mountain high |
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With cavalry and infantry to take him they did try |
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He Laughed at them with scorn until at last 'twas said |
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By a falsehearted he was cruelly betrayed. |
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And it's Brennan On The Moor, Brennan On The Moor |
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Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan On The Moor |