School: Lisnagirl (1)
- Location:
- Lismagiril, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Harriett Kinkade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1005, Page 176
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- (continued from previous page)I
My name it is Bob Nixon,
I'm a carpenter by trade,
And in the town of Newry,
In was bred, born and reared.
II
From Newry to Belfast.
A working I did go,
It was there I fell a courting
Young Sally Munroe.
III
I wrote my love a letter,
I sealed it with a ring,
I gave it to a young man,
I thought he was a friend.
IV
But instead of being a friend
'Twas to me he proved a foe,
For he never gave the letter
To young Sally Munroe.
V
It was early the next morning,
At the hour of six o'clock,
When the busy ship was sailing
She struck against a rock.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- H. Kinkade
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Informant
- Miss Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 57
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Lismagiril, Co. Cavan
