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The Boys of Barr na Sr​á​ide

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"The Boys of Barr na Sráide" is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet Sigerson Clifford (1913–1985). It is named after a street (Irish: Barr na Sráide, meaning "top of the street") in Cahersiveen in County Kerry, Ireland. (-Wiki)

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Oh the town that climbs the mountains and looks out upon the sea,
At sleeping time or waking, tis there I long to be
To walk again those kindly streets, the place where life began
With the boys of Barr na Sraide who hunted for the wren

With cudgels stout they roamed about in search of dreolin
We searched for birds in every firze from Litir to Duneen
We danced for joy beneath the sky life held no print nor plan
When the boys of Barr na Sraide went hunting for the wren

And when the hills were bleeding and the rifles were aflame
To the rebel homes of Kerry the Saxon stranger came
But the men who dared the Auxies and who fought the Black and Tans
Were the boys of Barr na Sraide who hunted for the wren

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

So here's a health to them tonight wherever they may be
By the groves of Carham River or the slopes of Bi na Ti
John Daly and Batt Andy, the Shehans, Conn and Dan
Those boys of Barr na Sraide who hunted for the wren

And when the wheel of life runs out and peace comes over me,
Just carry me back to that old town between the hills and sea
I'll take my rest in those green fields, the place where life began,
With the boys of Barr na Sraide, who hunted for the wren.

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from Unabridged, released April 18, 1998

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