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- ALTERNATIVE SONG FOR THE SEVERED HEAD
- IN "THE KING OF THE GREAT CLOCK TOWER'
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- SADDLE and ride, I heard a man say,
- Out of Ben Bulben and Knocknarea,
- i{What says the Clock in the Great Clock Tower?}
- All those tragic characters ride
- But turn from Rosses' crawling tide,
- The meet's upon the mountain-side.
- i{A slow low note and an iron bell.}
- What brought them there so far from their home.
- Cuchulain that fought night long with the foam,
- i{What says the Clock in the Great Clock Tower?}
- Niamh that rode on it; lad and lass
- That sat so still and played at the chess?
- What but heroic wantonness?
- i{A slow low note and an iron bell.}
- Aleel, his Countess; Hanrahan
- That seemed but a wild wenching man;
- i{What says the Clock in the Great Clock Tower?}
- And all alone comes riding there
- The King that could make his people stare,
- Because he had feathers instead of hair.
- i{A slow low note and an iron bell.}
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