School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
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- I have left Ballymornagh a long way behind me,
To better my fortune I've crossed the big sea.
I am sadly alone, not a creature to mind me.
Faith! Im as wretched as wretched can be
I sigh for the butter-milk as fresh as a daisy
The beautiful hills and the emerald plain
And Oh! dont I often times think myself crazy
About that dashing blue-eyed Nora Mc Shane.I sigh for the turf-fire cheerfully burning
Where often I trudged to it toiling afar
And toss in its light the thirteen I've been earning(continues on next page)- Informant
- Kathleen Boyle
- Gender
- Female