School: Lios Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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- (continued from previous page)My friends they would be uneasy
That you would not prove kind
For to leave all my comrades
And sweethearts behind
And to sail to America
It is not my desire
IV
That the moon it may darken
And show no more light
That day I will prove false
To my own hearts delight
In the midst of the ocean
They may grow a willow tree
Until then I'll prove true
IV
Our ships are on the ocean
Just ready to sail
I wish them sailing
With a sweet and pleasant gale
For when we are landed
We will sit down and sing(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mai Flatley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Treankeel, Co. Mayo