School: Doire Ó gCuanaigh (roll number 8991)
- Location:
- Derrygoony, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: L. Mac Áinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 201
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Song (continued)
“I was taken along with”
(continued from previous page)which heaven to me has sent.
But children are not pigs you know for they cannot pay the rentIIShe gave me every shilling that there was in the till
And kissed me fifty times as if she never got he fill
"God bless you Pat." Says she you are my darling boy
For old Ireland is your country and your name is Pat Molloy.IIIOh England is a pretty place,
Of gold there is no lack,
I tramped from York to London town with the soil upon my back.
Oh, the English girls are beautiful their love I dont decline
And the eating and the drinking is beautiful and find, but in the corner of the heart, were nobody can see.
Say two eyes of Irish blue always looking out on me.
But dont mind Molly darling, I am still your faithful boy(continues on next page)