School: Crois Bhóthar
- Location:
- Pollacorragune, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Bhreitheamhan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0039, Page 0261
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Amhráin (continued)
“My blessing rest upon thee ¶ thou merry olden time”
(continued from previous page)And I Robert Emmet am waiting my doom.Hung, drawn and quartered sure that was my sentence
Soon will I show them no coward I am
My crime was the love of the land I was born in
A hero I lived and a hero I'll die.Bold Robert Emmet the darling of Eirinn,
Bold Robert Emmet who died with a smile,
Farewell companion, both loyal and daring
You laid down your life for the green Emerald Isle.A barque lay at anchor awaiting to bear me
Over the billows to the land(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus Phléamonn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tuam, Co. Galway