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School: Tervoe (C.) (roll number 5932)

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Tervoe, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Stiopháin
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  1. A Farewell

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    On the twenty first of April,
    In the year of eighty - three,
    We left our own our native land,
    Our friends no more to see.
    They escorted us to Limerick,
    Where the train for us fell due,
    And as we stepped in,
    The train steamed off,
    And we bid our friends Adieu.
    II
    We next came on for Patrickswell,
    For Croom and sweet Bruree,
    We had in the train McCormack,
    And a jolly soul was he.
    We next moved on for Charleville,
    By Cork and Mallow town
    The River Lee came next in view
    Ships sailing up and down.
    III
    For fourteen miles we travelled on
    By the banks of the river Lee,
    Spike Island next came in our view
    And convicts there to see.
    We soon arrived at Queenstown,
    A pretty place to view,
    But it couldn't compare with Limerick,
    Where we bid our friends Adieu.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Mc Namara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr John Mc Namara
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggaun, Co. Limerick