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School: Camross, Mountrath

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Camross, Co. Laois
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Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 171

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    All the police that I men on the road
    My parents they do fret
    In great torture for their pet
    Bewailing alone they may weep
    Of all my friends I was bereft
    And one brother only left
    And in Camross that night I did sleep
    They received me tenderly
    With love and harmony
    When they found my heart breaking with grief
    I went one morning on the dew
    My long journey to pursue
    For to find another mansion of relief
    O'er mountains I did fly
    Yet my eyes I could not dry
    Ruminating o'er the the hardships of this Isle
    The Queen's bounty I did meet
    Hospitable and discreet
    And a nursery I found in Derryguile
    Like King Herod in his rage
    He cut down the tender age
    Where expecting our Redeemer to destroy
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Aghduff, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Michael Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Laois