School: Baile Uí Bhuaig (C.) (roll number 14817)

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1. The Kilnamartyra Exile (continued)

   

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   I've hunted for prosperity but still it has eluded me
   For Black misfortune followed me no matter where I'd roam
   And often in my anguish I've cursed the fate that parted me
   From the comrades of my boyhood and my own dear Irish home

   Sweet boyish recollections you shall ever fondly bind me
   To the friends I left behind me far over the raging sea
   And thee dear Kilnmartyra where one time I resided
   But now I am divided by the ocean wide from thee

   Now age is overtaking me youth is fast forsaking me
   And the friends that once delighted me perhaps I'll see no more
   But till my days are over and death ahs come and taken me
   I fondly will remember thee (I) dear land that that I adore.

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   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Neans Ní Shúilleabháin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Seán de Brún

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

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