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Lady Dufferin. 1807-1867

I 'm sitting on the stile, Mary,

Where we sat side by side.

Lament of the Irish Emigrant.

I 'm very lonely now, Mary,

For the poor make no new friends;

But oh they love the better still

The few our Father sends!

Lament of the Irish Emigrant.