School: Shanakill, Roscrea
- Location:
- Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 107
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laid by for me
and every year as my birthday came
he always did the same
at twenty-four I was wed
my father then my portion paid
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When ever I rove from home, you fill my heart with joy
And fit me out where ere I go a fresh complexioned boy.
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