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School: Mín Charraigeach (roll number 7188)

Location:
Meencargagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín Nic Ghiolla Uain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 195

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  1. An Old Song - Erin's Lovely Home

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    You patriot sons of Paddy’s land
    Come listen unto me,
    Till I relate and do narrate
    A mournful tragedy;
    For want of trade a thousand maids
    So far away do roam
    And leave the land where they were reared
    Called Erin’s lovely home.
    II
    My father was a farmer
    Reared to industry,
    He had two sons they were men big
    And lovely daughters three;
    But the land was too small to maintain us all
    And some of us had to roam
    And leave the land where we were reared
    Called Erin’s lovely home.
    III
    My father sold his second cow,
    He borrowed twenty pounds;
    Twas in the merry month of May
    We sailed from Derry town
    There were thousands more along the shore
    All anxious for to roam
    And leave the land where they were reared
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meencrumlin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Tommy Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Meencrumlin, Co. Donegal