A Broadside: No. 2 Fifth Year
Title
A Broadside: No. 2 Fifth Year
Subject
Ireland
Dun Emer Press
Cuala Press
A Broadside
Irish Literary Revival
The Gaelic Revival
Description
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY E. C. YEATS AT THE CUALA PRESS, CHURCHTOWN, DUNDRUM, COUNTY DUBLIN. SUBSCRIPTION TWELVE SHILLINGS A YEAR POST FREE.
300 copies only.
300 copies only.
Creator
E. C. Yeats
Jack B. Yeats
Publisher
Cuala Press
Date
July, 1912
Text
I WILL NOT SIT ON THE GRASS SHE SAID
I'll not sit on the grass, she said,
Not be a love of thine,
For I hear you love a Connacht maid
And your heart is no longer mine, she said,
And your heart is no longer mine.
Oh I'll not marry an old man
Whose days are well nigh done,
And I'll not marry a young man
For he's fair for many a one, she said,
He's fair for many a one.
But I will climb a high high tree,
And rob a wild bird's nest,
And I'll bring back whatever I do find
To the arms I love the best, she said,
To the arms I love the best.
THE MIDLAND TOAST
Long roads and stoney ditches
And here's to nice girls
And to hell with riches.
THE CONNAGHT TOAST
Health and long life to you,
The woman of your choice to you,
Land without rent to you,
And death in Erin.
I'll not sit on the grass, she said,
Not be a love of thine,
For I hear you love a Connacht maid
And your heart is no longer mine, she said,
And your heart is no longer mine.
Oh I'll not marry an old man
Whose days are well nigh done,
And I'll not marry a young man
For he's fair for many a one, she said,
He's fair for many a one.
But I will climb a high high tree,
And rob a wild bird's nest,
And I'll bring back whatever I do find
To the arms I love the best, she said,
To the arms I love the best.
THE MIDLAND TOAST
Long roads and stoney ditches
And here's to nice girls
And to hell with riches.
THE CONNAGHT TOAST
Health and long life to you,
The woman of your choice to you,
Land without rent to you,
And death in Erin.
Original Format
Broadside
Files
Collection
Citation
E. C. Yeats and Jack B. Yeats, “A Broadside: No. 2 Fifth Year,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/1396.