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School: Baile Lochnáin

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Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0531, Page 138

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  1. Local Songs (continued)

    “About forty years ago, there lived a curate in Birr names Father Little.”

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    A man on earth is every hope
    Often pressed with grief and care
    Day and night his thoughts are moping
    Around his Castle built on air
    All his wealth is but a token
    Life's golden link ere it be broken
    He can't bring it to his grave.
    The first three told to me by my father Paul King age ?
    The last song told to me by Mrs. Cleary, Riverstown, Birr. Age 78 years
    Carmel Nic on Ríogh
    Riverstown
    Birr
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Carmel Nic an Ríogh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Paul King
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Tipperary