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breug e?: "I have a tale to tell, and I don't think it is a false one."

however is plain enough: Ta? sgeul agum an innsinnt s'na? smuainim gur

but it is such gibberish that I can make nothing of it. The first line

I have a copy of the whole song written in English letters phonetically;

assessed would be levelled, till not one stone remained on another.

has come to pass, that the particular church for which these tithes were

early in the last century (about 1825). The poet utters a prophecy, which

Ballyhooly near Fermoy Co. Cork, while resisting the collection of tithes,

the fate of a number of peasants who were shot down in the neighbourhood of

name to this fine air--of which I heard fragments in my youth--commemorated

From memory, as I learned in my young days. The Irish song that gave

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X: 6484
T:R\'aisiona Bhl'-a-hubhla
T:The Races of Ballyhooly
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:song air
H:  From memory, as I learned in my young days.  The Irish song that gave
H:name to this fine air--of which I heard fragments in my youth--commemorated
H:the fate of a number of peasants who were shot down in the neighbourhood of
H:Ballyhooly near Fermoy Co. Cork, while resisting the collection of tithes,
H:early in the last century (about 1825).  The poet utters a prophecy, which
H:has come to pass, that the particular church for which these tithes were
H:assessed would be levelled, till not one stone remained on another.
H:  I have a copy of the whole song written in English letters phonetically;
H:but it is such gibberish that I can make nothing of it.  The first line
H:however is plain enough: T\'a sgeul agum an innsinnt s'n\'a smuainim gur
H:breug \'e: "I have a tale to tell, and I don't think it is a false one."
L:1/8
M:C
K:D
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A|d3/2e/fg afed|d3/2e/fg a3 f|gfga b3/2a/gf|
e2b2b2A2|d3/2e/fg afed|g/f/g/a/ b/a/g/f/ e2 (6A/B/c/d/e/f/|
g3/2e/fd B/d3/2AF|E2 e3/2f/ e2 (3def|g3/2f/ed B/d3/2AF|D2 d3/2e d3|]

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