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DEAD LOVE (HEARD SUNG BY AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ISLAND OF TIREE) by ANONYMOUS

First Line: IT IS THE GREY ROCK I AM
Last Line: AS CANNA IN WIND
Subject(s): AGING;GRAY (COLOR);MOURNING;WOMEN; GREY (COLOR);BEREAVEMENT;
It is the grey rock I am,
And grey rain on the rock:
It is the grey wave . . .
That grey hound.

What (is it) to be old:
(It is to be as) the grey moss in winter:
Alasdair-mo-ghaol,
It is long since my laughter.

Alasdair-mo-ghaol,
The breast is shrivelled
That you said was white
As canna in wind.



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