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Excerpt from Aroun' the Boreens: A Little Book of Celtic Verse Rosies There's a Rosie Show in Derry, An' a Rosie Show in Down; An' 'tis like there's wan I'm thinkin' 'Ill be held in Randalstown. But if I had the choosin' Av a rosie prize the day, 'Twould be a pink wee rosie Like he plucked whin rakin' hay. Yon pink wee rosie in my hair - He fixt it troth - an' kissed it there! White gulls wor wheelin' roun' the sky, Down by - down by. Ay, there's rosies sure in Derry, An' there's famous wans in Down; Och there's rosies all a hawkin' Through the heart av London town! But if I had the liftin' Or the buyin' av a few, I'd choose jist pink wee rosies That's all drenchin' wid the dew - Yon pink wee rosies wid the tears! Och wet, wet tears! - ay, troth 'tis years Since we kep' rakin' in the hay Thon day - thon day! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.