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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
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Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 436

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    (continued from previous page)
    board a ship,
    Some foreign country he
    would go and see.
    He sailed East and he
    sailed West,
    Until he came to proud
    Turkey,
    Where he was taken and
    put to prison,
    until his life was almost
    weary.
    And in the this prison there
    grew a tree
    It grew so stout and strong,
    Where he was chained by
    the middle,
    Until his life was almost
    gone.
    This Turk, he had one
    only daughter,
    The fairest creature.
    (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
    Michael Tivenan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon