School: St. Anne's (C.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Kelly
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- I
As I roved out one evening, I saw two lovers meet,
I strove a while to listen While he to her did say
"It's early in the month of March
I'm bound for America."
II
She says "Now Tom you are quite wrong
To leave the shamrock shore,
There's danger in America not like the days of yore,
For you might fall by a cannon ball
And that against your will
And never more return home to lovely Garrett's hill."(continues on next page)- Collector
- Josie Mc Evoy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr J. Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan