School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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- I dreamt, all last night
Oh bad-cess to my dreaming
I'd die, if I thought it wd come for to pass
I dreamt while the tears down my pillow on streaming
That teddy was courting another fair lassIt was then I awoke with a sigh and a sobbing,
The thoughts of my grief was too much to conceal.
When mother cries "Nora! What are you ailing?"
And all I could answer was "Teddy O Neill"I saw the mud cabin he danced his wild jigs -
As neat a mud-cabin as ever you seen
Considering there used the poultry and pigs kept in
Indeed it was always most decent and kept clean.(continues on next page)