Mooney.] 
caoine stil preservd in Antrim. It is said to hav been composd by a 
daughter of the O’Neils over the body of a former lover, who, having 
gon to some foreign land, returnd after a long absence, only to find that 
she had yielded to the persuasions of her relativs and was about to become 
another, The news struck him down like a blow and the 
the bride of 
girl did not 
The next, from Kerry, was obtained from an old man who is one of the 
few having a literary acquaintance with the Gaelic. It is the lament of a 
274. 
long survive the shock : 
“My love, my love, and my treasure, 
Many a day have you and IJ spent 
Beneath the shade of yonder tree, 
Thy fair head on my lap. 
Sweetly didst thou kiss me; 
And it was not a kiss without love 
That than didst press upon my lips: 
But woe is me! women believe not men, 
There is so much deceit and falsehood. 
‘My love, my love, and my treasure, 
Did I but know then 
Half what I do know now, 
I would plough with thee the hills, 
I would swim with thee the seas, 
Though my kindred might upbraid me : 
But what were that to me, 
If he who loved me were mine? 
‘Beloved of my bosom, 
Thy heart found no repose, 
When my story was told thee 
That I was the bride of another— 
Yet Heaven knows, the only Son knows, 
That I would prefer thee 
To all the gold of Erin— 
To young oxen on the hills, 
And to him with all his herds. 
And the only Son knows 
That I will never lay beside him 
My right side nor my left.’’* 
woman over the body of her son’s wife: 
* Mr, and Mrs, §. C. Hall, Ireland, Picturesquely Illustrated, iii, 113, n. d., New York. 
Bud: deas liom a t-seasam: t'u agus bud* d‘eas liom a t-suid'e tu, 
’S bud: g'eal-dearg air m'argad’ an rig'e d'uit, 
A diol do c'uid t’orrt'a ’s a glacad’ do c*iosa. 
Nuair-a trainic tu a b-aile nior t'roid agus nior bruid*ean duit, 
Act breit' air do leanb* agus é c'asad* er a cin cugad— Ullagon ! 
Ts minic-a c'onnarcsa bean mic agus mat* air céile 
Mar b'eid‘ead’ cat agus luc’ air agaid: a e°éile ; 
Ni mar stid-a brid*innse agus mo c*eud-seare. 
Do bi dr d-toil do g'ul a e°éile; 
Do bi dr n-daonnac't ag imeac't a n-aonac't. » 
96 mo cruad'tan oir luatad* eugais 
Go d-teic* do t'uarasg air fad na h-Eireann !—Ullagon ! 
[Oct. 19, 
