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Cork Hill (The Rocky Road To Dublin)

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Come all ye happy children, and         Gather round me hand in hand,         Dancing to the merry cry,         "See the Robbers Passing By."         Past the Castle we will dance         To the Mansion House, and prance         Back by George's Street and cry,         "See the Robbers Passing By."         Gather then ye children all         Into ranks processional,         Marching to the merry cry,         "See the Robbers Passing By."

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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

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