School: Eslin (roll number 10026)
- Location:
- Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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- This is an old song always sung ago, and is sung up the present day by Peter McGann. He says it was always a very nice song.
SKIBBEREENOh, father dear I often hear men speak of Erins's isleIt seems so bright and beautiful, as rich and rare the soil;They say it is a lonely land, wherein a prince might dwell,Then why have you abandoned it? The reason to me tell.
(II)My son, I loved my native land with fervour and with prideIts lonely groves, its mountains blue, and valleys green and wide,It was there I spent my manhood's prime and sported while a boyThe shamrock and shillelah were my youthful hope and joy
(III)But then a blight came o'er the crops, my(continues on next page)- Collector
- Pilib Mac Aonghusa
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim