School: Crois Bhóthar
- Location:
- Pollacorragune, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Bhreitheamhan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0039, Page 0262
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Amhráin (continued)
“My blessing rest upon thee ¶ thou merry olden time”
(continued from previous page)of the free
Oh I must see my sweetheart for I know she will cheer me
And join me again in the land of the free.But I was arrested and cast into prison.
Doomed as a traitor, a rebel or spy,
But no man dare call me a knave or a coward
For a hero I lived and a hero I'll die. Oh I hear the bells ringing I well know their meaning
My heart beating tells me it is my death-knell,
Oh hear comes the clergy - on a warder he's leaning
Oh I've nobody near me to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus Phléamonn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tuam, Co. Galway