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School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)

Location:
Meenbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Coluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 446

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  1. Nora McShane

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    I have left Ballymornagh a long way behind me,
    To better my fortune I've crossed the big sea.
    I am sadly alone, not a creature to mind me.
    Faith! Im as wretched as wretched can be
    I sigh for the butter-milk as fresh as a daisy
    The beautiful hills and the emerald plain
    And Oh! dont I often times think myself crazy
    About that dashing blue-eyed Nora Mc Shane.
    I sigh for the turf-fire cheerfully burning
    Where often I trudged to it toiling afar
    And toss in its light the thirteen I've been earning
    (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
    Informant
    Kathleen Boyle
    Gender
    Female