School: Lios Uí Ghrifín (roll number 12227)
- Location:
- Lissagriffin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0398, Page 469
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- (continued from previous page)He drained tihs lovely valley, -
Forced the water up and down.
And he built that great hydraulic
To make the big wheels go
"Am baiste fein" said old Pad Long
"I see tons of copper ore"
III
"My boys, throw away your cibbles
Let them in the drivin's lay
And we'll put water whistling
Down through Dunmanus bay."
And to sit above this valley
On a dark and dreamy night
You'd think it was a city
Lit by electric light.
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And if you search this wide world o'er
No happier lads you'll see
Than Con Coughlan and Dan Reilly
And the three sons with Curly
And as they walk a shady grove
The pretty girls to see
They are happier than the Prince of Wales
Who rides in his buggy
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And now once more I'm landed here
But I sorry have to say(continues on next page)
