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Down past Dunlewey's bonny lakes one morning I did stray |
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Until I reached sweet Clady banks where the silvery salmon play |
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I strolled around through old Bunbeg and down along the shore |
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And gazed with admiration on the green fields of Gaothdobhair |
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I visit Magherclocher on Middletown heights I stand |
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Beneath me lies the ocean wide and Machergallon strand |
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Those sandy banks so dear to me, those banks I do adore |
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Behind me lies sweet Derrybeg and the green fields of Gaothdobhair |
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The bonny Isle of Gola and Inishmean so near |
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I see the little fishing fleet as it lies along the pier |
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I wander through the graveyard where those have gone before |
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That once lived happy and content by the green fields of Gaothdobhair |
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I see sweet Inish Oirthir and far off Tory Isle |
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I view the ocean liners as they steam along in style |
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On board are Irish emigrants with hearts both sad and sore |
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As they gazed on old Tir Chonaill hills and the green fields of Gaothdobhair |