School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 148
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- (continued from previous page)We sailed away from Queenstown, I mean the Cove of Cork
And had a jolly passage from Ireland to New York,
With plenty friends to meet as there, and work we got next day,
But through all their hospitality I could hear my mother say
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Chorus.
"Goodbye Johnny dear, and when your far away
Don't forget your old mother far across the "say",
Write a letter now and then and send her all you can,
But don't forget where'er you roam that you're an Irishman.
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I watched a long and weary year
With sorrow, grief and pain
In hopes of my old native that I'll never see again
But now we're backed by Englishmen it fills my heart with glee.(continues on next page)
