School: An Clochar, Baile an Mhuilinn (roll number 1859)

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1. The Youth who Strayed from Milltown (continued)

   

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   In hopes to meet with employment,
   As thousands before him did stray.
   He resolved for a travel through England.
   For labour to seek up and down,
   But he never denied where he came from,
   From Kerry a place called Milltown.
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   One day he walked out through London,
   He met with John Bull on his way,
   And just as the turned by a corner,
   He stopped and those words he did say,
   "Good evening Pat where are you bound for,
   Or where did you land on our shore

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Síghle Ní Néill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Milltown, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Eoghan Ó Muircheartaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   49

   Address

   Glannagilliagh, Co. Kerry