School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)
- Location:
- Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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An Old Song
“When I was but a youngster lad,”
443An old songWhen I was but a youngster lad,
I thought I'd like to roam,
Like many another foolish youth,
I lost my love for home
The good friends all around me,
they thought too much of me
So one fine day, I started away,
the wide world for to see.My father at my parting, said
"Now lad be always true
My prayers for thee, will always be
That God will watch o'er you.
My mother hardly spoke a word
the day I went away
She flung her arms round my neck.
These words to me she did say,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Betty Mulvey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumsna, Co. Leitrim