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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 341

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  1. Slievenamon - by A Drangan Boy (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    Some on Antietam's field,
    Faced shot and shell, and bravely fell
    Their adopted flag to shield.
    III
    When childhood's days and boyhood's years
    Are ripening into prime,
    To such a better livelyhood,
    I'm forced for to resign,
    Your heath-clad sides which, oftentimes
    In pleasure I loved on,
    My paths to trace thro Prairie wastes
    O, loved old Slievenamon.
    IV
    When I'm beneath the "Stars and Stripes"
    In the "Land of Liberty"
    Where labour is rewarded and
    Trade grows flourishingly,
    I'll work and pray that freedom
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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