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School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)

Location:
Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    Ever hoping to get higher,
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    With a mind still soaring higher,
    To great things at least aspire,
    If you slip and sink in mire,
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    Rise again and mount the ladder,
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    With a wiser heart, if sadder,
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    If you sturdily maintain
    The good maxim "Try again",
    Some one day the end you'll gain,
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    When your rulers catch and jail you,
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    Bitter words will naught avail you
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    Bear with patient self-reliance
    All their torture - dealing science,
    Give them silent, grim defiance,
    Bhi Dha Hosth.
    When your clergy rate you roundly,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Brigid Mc Ginley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breenagh, Co. Donegal