School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)

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1. My Childhood's Happy Home

   

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   God bless that home, may every care
   Far from its portals flee;
   For long its dear protecting walls
   Have kindly sheltered me.
   Tho' I have left it now for aye,
   'Mong other scenes to roam,
   My heart flies back on wings of love
   To childhood's happy home.

   Each tree and shrub I loved so well
   Are graven on my heart;
   The memory of each field and flower
   My soul shall never part.
   In dreams I see the banks and braes,
   And Swilly's rushing foam,
   The trees, the hillocks that surround
   My childhood's happy home.

   And yet I care not there to dwell,
   When early friends are gone:
   The sisters kind, the brothers true,
   Have left it, one by one;
   Deserted are the dear old rooms
   Where pleasure loved to come,
   And a solitude asserts its reign

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Bridget Mc Ginley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Breenagh, Co. Donegal