School: Coill-Chéim (roll number 9044)
- Location:
- Calhame, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Cuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1038, Page 9
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- (continued from previous page)6 Farewell to dear old Belvin shall I ever see it more,
Although I'm bound for a better land my heart is sad and sore.
It's often in my dreams that I can see you still,
Where I spent the pleasant evenings at the foot of Carney Hill.7 Farewell to my companions my friends so kind and true,
My parents and my comrades all to them I'll bid a due.
It's night and day I'll always pray that soon again I'll see,
That fair land where I was born in the Parish of Killaghtee.
- 1 There is a beautiful townland,
In the Parish of Killaghtee.
Among Erin's lovely valleys,
This is the one for me.2 And if I was a native,
I would be well inclined.
To live amongst those tenants,
Who were so very kind.3 Sweet place of my adoption,
How dear thou art to me.
No cruel hand of tyranny,
Can ever come near thee.4 How dear to me this little spot,(continues on next page)
