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School: Killury (C.) (roll number 543)

Location:
Dromkeen West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire Allman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417, Page 258

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    I have sung for the strangers my hash Roundelay
    I have swept the prelude for dear friends far away
    I have sung for my Country
    The Songs of the free
    And I now sweep the strings
    Oh my sister for thee.
    II
    Oh my God tis a heart break to part you so soon
    To part you my sister my Mary Aroon
    To snap thy heart's tendrils so rudely away
    From the home of our childhood in youth's pleasant day.
    III
    It's sadder to part from my mother's lone grave
    More lone as it stands within sound of the wave
    The grave of that mother that oft pressed our brow
    God comfort us darling; we have no mother now.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English