School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Gráinne
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Where are they now? Companions of
Those happy bygone years,
When youthful breasts were troubled not
With world's hopes and fears ;
No cares were ours but romp and play
Oh, we were happy then,
We dreaded but the master of
The Old House in the Glen.
IV
One where Ohio's waters roll
Has found an exiles grave ;
Another rests his weary head
Beneath Atlantic's wave -
And Mary Anne is by me yet,
As fresh and fair as when
Together oft we hurried to
The Old House in the Glen.
V
The house is crumbling into ruins,
The master's dead and gone,
The wild trees are standing still(continues on next page)
