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The poem sings the history and praises the beauty of the valleys of Barrow and Nore.

‘Tis the dewy hour of sunrise
In the glorious month of May
And the heated mist presages
Summer’s splendour thro’ the day.
Muffled, stealthy in the silence
Sounds the noise of tramping feet:
Men whose sons are free come marching
Up the…

A morning fair, o’erarched with skies of May,
Broke over files of men in stern array-
By wrongs made reckless – to avenge the flood –
The seething torrent of their tears and blood
By England’s hell-hounds shed. The sunbeams fell
On…

Location: South Carlow
Here Luke lists the exploits of the individual heroes.

Theme: Local Event
Retrospective song about the burning of the bogs of Rathnagry by the men of Carlow.

Location: North-east Carlow
A nostalgic piece about rural life during 'The Emergency', with some cameos of life at the time.