School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)
- Location:
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhrisceoil
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An Old Song (continued)
“Oh God be with you Dimoleague and High St there my home And parents kind and brothers fond”
(continued from previous page)I'm a gay young Drimoleague Boy
II
Tis well I do remember too
The Drimoleague quarries old
And the gallant men who worked in them
With courage stout and bold
Those men are famed in history's page
For workmanship and skill
They like brothers help each other
At the crowbar and the drill.
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From my father's home in High St.
Owen's mountains can be seen
Where the river Ilen rises
And flows into Skibbereen
There grows the heather green and wild
And many a poteen still
Lies hidden in the bosom
Of Owen's lofty hill(continues on next page)