School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)
- Location:
- Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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- Pat, agra, your letters come
Like an angel o'er the wave,
From my dear old Irish home,
From beside my father's grave
And you ask me to return
O'er the love-dividing sea,
Ah ! my eyes with hot tears burn,
But I cannot go to thee.For my heart is still as proud
As it was that fearful day,
When my sire's grey head was bowed
To the tyrant's brutal sway.
When I swore that solemn vow
To go far across the sea
That a slave I ne'er would bow
In your Erin, love, with thee.Dear I'm lonely and I'm sad
And I long to see again
Bridge and trysting-tree, my lad,
Where I felt thy bosom's strain.
When the city's ceaseless swell
Sounds around me, suil machree,
Back, recalled by memory's spell,(continues on next page)- Informant
- Brigid Mc Ginley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Breenagh, Co. Donegal