One of the most beautiful of all Irish songs, 1813. words by Thomas Moore music: anonymous, originally called “The Moreen”
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These lyrics are probably about the Irish Rebellion of 1798. From Popular Irish Songs (Dover collection): This song is an example of Thomas Moore’s gently expressed sympathies with the Irish resistance to English rule, the minstrel’s harp being the unmistakable symbol of Ireland. The lyric’s discretion is such, however, that it could be sung with impunity in English drawing rooms.
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