School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 038
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A Song (continued)
“I am nearby broken hearted, Since I my true love parted”
(continued from previous page)And of this heart bereft me
That great big ship that bore my love away.
I will no longer tarry, sure I'ill buy the ring and marry
Just before you'ill see another Patricks Day.
II
Its often I do ponder, how
lonenly we would wander,
Through old Danes Court, the
Churchyard, and the Mill,
Through Cliftons lonely bowers
Its nooks and vales of flowers,
For to view our own wee cottage from the Hill
And when that cot was sighted,
How silent how delighted,
We strolled to hear the warblers songs of joy
With all that nature blessing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna M. Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath