School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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   Each close of day O Rourke would play.
   His favourite '' Bonny Kate, ''
   ''The mug of Ale,'' ''The Swallow's Tail,''
   ''The Pigeon on the Gate.''

   IV

   And if depression came it fled,
   When e'er I rambled o'er
   That old familiar road that led
   Past Tommy Costello's stone.
   I heave a sigh for days gone by,
   When I was but a boy.
   I wandered there with sweet-heart fair
   Wrapped in delicious joy.

   V

   No wonder that my eyes oft fill,
   When I those scenes recall
   Whilst lingering the old Scutch Mill.
   To view the waterfall.
   Famed Poll ?eas you can't surpass.
   Bedecked with beauty rare.
   In all the land no scene so grand
   As nature planted there.

   VI

   And often in my youthful pranks,

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Charlie Comerford

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Tom Creamer

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Stradermot, Co. Leitrim