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D N CURLEY 1 On the 18th of May for my recreation On the banks of the liffey I chanced for to stray The green fieids and meadows with flowers were spangled The birds sweetly sang and the lambs they did play. I spied a poor woman all dressed in deep mourning A babe at her bosom she tenderly bore, She cried with emotion also your dear father My husband Dan Curley I'll see him no more. I stepped up on to her says I "dear woman You seem heavy burdened with sorrow and woe Has some naughty landlord to you been cruel The cause of your sorrow I'd like for to know", "Kind sir" she replied "the truth I will tell you My bosom is wrecked and my head almost bored For the Phoenix Park murders my husband has suffered And now in this wide world I'll see him no more". James Carey that false-hearted traitor of Erin To gain a reward informer he tumed By informing on others he escaped from the gallows My husband Dan Curley I'll see him no more. May he be evicted, may his wife be a widow, May his children grow wanderers from Erin's green shore, May the curse of each orphan and widow light on him, My husband Dan Curley I'll see him no more. On the 18th of May for the Phoenix Park murders Lord Cavendish and Burke lay all in their gore, It was by his advice these crimes were committed, My husband Dan Curley I'll see him no more. He's gone from this wide world a short time before me, I hope to rejoin him on the next happy shores, Where the angles of Glory sing God's praises I'll meet my Dan Curley and I'll part (with) him no more. 1 Seo amhrlln f6 James Carey. 57