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School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)

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Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Néill
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  1. Local Songs - The Return of Exile

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    I.
    Oh, Glory be to God to-day:
    My heart is full of joy:
    To see once more those scence of yore
    Where oft I roamed a boy
    Fully twenty years of smiles and tears
    My life has added on.
    Since with a sigh I bade good bye
    To dear old Sliabh-na mban.
    II.
    O'er ocean's track I've wandered back
    To slake on exile's thirst;
    To feast my eyes upon those skies
    My every dream has nursed;
    Where sunny showers refresh the flowers;
    That bright with glory shone
    The floods of gold in rivers rolled
    Around old Sliabh-na-mban.
    (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
    Sarah Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Miss H Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    41
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary