WALES.
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Keightley, Thomas
Bayrm da'n choine, dy doogh da'n choine, Cooat da'n dreeym, dy doogh da'n dreeym, Breechyn da'n toyn, dy doogh da'n toyn, Agh my she lhiat ooiley, shoh cha nee lhiat Glen reagh Rushen.
Cap for the head, alas, poor head! Coat for the back, alas, poor back! Breeches for the breech, alas, poor breech! If these be all thine, thine cannot be the merry glen of Rushen.
And he departed with a melancholy wail, and has never been seen since. The old people say, "There has not been a merry world since he lost his ground."[456]