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School: Carniara (roll number 15343)

Location:
Carnyara, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Gríobhtha
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    (continued from previous page)
    with tears were blind.
    I tore out of her arms in the homes I left
    behind.
    IV
    As I was leaving Cloonacool I viewed those hills once more.
    It was then I parted with all my friends at the crossroads of Carrowmore.
    As I was going off by train many a thought went through my mind
    But the heaviest thought amongst them all was the home I left behind.
    V
    I viewed along old Ireland until
    I came to Queenstown quay.
    It was there I took the steamer bound
    for America.
    I ploughed the broad Atlantic unto a
    foreign cliab.
    Farewell, Farewell to Cloonacool and the homes I left behind.
    VI
    We landed safe from danger on Columbia's lovely shore
    To seek out for employment as thousands did before.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Foye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnyara, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Foye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnyara, Co. Sligo