School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór (roll number 1685)
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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Local Songs (continued)
“You farmers of Ireland and poor servant boys.”
(continued from previous page)The foregoing about the goat
Local Songs
“Come fill a glass of beer, cherry wine or port.”
I
In Dublin's regal city I wandered many a day.
It seemed so gay and beautiful where numbers meet and stray.
I stayed beside Blackwater's tide and heard the billows roar.
And my poor heart flies back again to pleasures to Rathmore.
II
In dreams I often do behold its valley long and wide.
Caherbarnagh's purple mountains the Blackwater's rushing tide.
Killarney's lakes show beautiful and towards the Eagle's nest.
the spot where I was born its the spot I love the best.(continues on next page)