X: 1
T:O'Leary's Ireland
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
Z: transcribed by Bil 3/00
R:Reel
N:Yeats wrote about John O'Leary in his poem,
N:"September 1913." At that time, Ed had just
N:left Ireland, because his parents saw no
N:future in the farm and no real opportunities there
N:for their six children. The poet mourns the
N:passing of O'Leary in the
N:1913 poem and the passing, too,
N:of all the things O'Leary stood for:
N:"Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
N:It's with O'Leary in the grave."
N:Ed believed in O'Leary-and in Emmet and
N:Tone. This reel celebrates
N:their Ireland: O'Leary's Ireland.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:C
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