School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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- (continued from previous page)My Mary Bawn, tis nearly dawn,
Come down, my Mary dear,
And not let those, our sleeping foes,
Your passing footsteps hear.
For should they wake, my life they'd take,
And take away from me
More than my life, my plighted wife,
My Mary Bawn Machree. My love 'tis true, I always knew
Your heart was light and brave
We'll seek, asthore, another shore
That smiles beyond the wave
There's nought but care and sorrow here
In everything we see.
There's nothing bright by day or night
But Mary Bawn Machree. My love my pride, the world is wide
No matter where we roam
We've love and truth and strength and youth
To build ourselves a home.
We'll find a home, we'll call our own.
How happy I will be
With my love, my pride, my bonny bride,
My Mary Bawn Machree!
- Informant
- Pádraig Ó Cathasaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardoghil, Co. Longford
