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School: Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce (roll number 14625)

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Doon, Co. Limerick
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An tSr. Regis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0519, Page 170

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  1. Lovely Cappawhite (continued)

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    And if God spares me I'll have one more a time in Cappawhite
    VI
    When I came to America I thought my heart would break
    I sighed for all my comrades and for my parents sake
    i sighed for all my comrades gay, in them I took delight
    I love the sky that arches high o'er lovely Cappawhite
    VII
    Although I feel so lonesome my times are not so bad
    I wear as good a suit of clothes as any Irish lad
    Each day I eat aplenty, my purse was never light
    Yet my mind was never easy since I left poor Cappawhite
    VIII
    Oh Erin, lovely Erin, why art though doomed to weep
    Tis for the wrongs of tyrants I've crossed the briny deep
    There is no nation like to thee, my
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annacarty, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr P. Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annacarty, Co. Tipperary