School: Baile Nua (C) (roll number 16803)
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Conchoille
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- (continued from previous page)Any of them who are so dear their absence I deplore
May heaven bless and save them
The boys of Carramore.
XI
This morning I received a news and I was overjoyed
To hear of my comrade fellows once more they were employed
In the green fields of America in fair Columba's shore
There is a blessing down from Heaven
On the boys of Carramore.
XII
What wonder if my heart was breaking until the day I die
There is not a time I pass that way but a tear rolls down my eye
To see their houses levelled down and grass growing on the floor
And they away in America.
The boys of Caramore.
XIII
Now since they are all departed I will no longer stay
I'll gather up my goods and chattels and go to(continues on next page)- Informant
- Pádraig Ó Ghlinn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Abbert, Co. Galway