Lone Shanakyle

DESCRIPTION: An exile thinks about "the murdered ... in coffinless graves" at Shanakyle and mourns for "Eireann" where "the foul Saxon's laws brought ... sorrow and shame." He is ready to return and fight: "my rifle is ready my sabre is bright"
AUTHOR: Thomas Madigan (source: IROConway01)
EARLIEST DATE: 2012 (IROConway01)
KEYWORDS: homesickness rebellion exile home return separation death Ireland nonballad patriotic
FOUND IN: Ireland
Roud #8138
RECORDINGS:
Ollie Conway, "Lone Shanakyle" (on IROConway01)
File: RcLoSHan

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