Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CRAUSHEEN, by AGNES ITA HANRAHAN


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CRAUSHEEN, by                    
First Line: Ay so, a wee house, / an' three acres av green
Last Line: "from broadway—maureen!"
Subject(s): Death - Children; Girls; Love; Thought; Death - Babies; Thinking


"Ay so, a wee house,
An' three acres av green;
A cow for to milk,
An' the farm av Crausheen!
There' peat in her stack,
There' hay in her shed;—
Ay, a pony an' cart,
An' a welcome to wed!"
"No acres av green,
Nor farm av Crausheen,
'Ill ever, I'm thinkin',
Make wed yer Paudeen!"

"I've ne'er a wee house,
Nor three acres av green;
No cow for to milk,
Nor a farm like Crausheen!"
"If sorra a sod,
A wisp, or a cow,
Troth, there's goold in the coils
That's a twinin' yer brow!
We'll pace the boreen,
An' covet Crausheen."
"'Tis love ye'll be weddin',
I doubt, my Paudeen!"

"There' ne'er a wee house
Och the day on Crausheen—
'Tis trains I hear tell
Winds along the boreen!
There' goold in our Bank,
There' stock an' there' share;—
Ay, an' linger av goold
In the dusk av yer hair!
Three acres av green—
Wee house av Crausheen!
'Tis mistin' we see them
From Broadway—Maureen!"





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