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School: Dún na nGall (roll number 2252)

Location:
Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
E. E. Oldfield
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 015

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  1. A Song

    “As I roved out one morning”

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    As I roved out one morning
    All in the month of June
    To view the fields in splendour
    And the crops all in full bloom
    As I strolled for recreation I carelessly did go
    For to view the grand improvement
    Made through the fields of sweet Drimcoe
    As I took a wander down by that garden fair
    I fixed my mind for to combine
    The sights I could see there
    Green clad hills with sparkling rills
    A pretty place to viewin the month of june
    Where the meadows bloom
    All decked with the morning dew
    Upon that way without delay
    My footsteps did descend
    To that abode that’s near the road
    Beauties the Hill End
    That ancient place where since I can trace
    Where dwells the Millars in Drimcoe
    They always were the poor man’s friend
    Wherever they did go
    (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
    Informant
    Mrs Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal