School: Dunmanus, Toormore
- Location:
- Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 143a
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Songs Composed about Places Around my District (continued)
“The Barrel Rocks:- Come all you jolly mariners give ear into my song,”
(continued from previous page)So to conclude and finish,
I hope to name the day,
With parents dear and comrade boys,
Once more to sport and play,
And my own colleen with a smile serene,
And a heart that is always true,
To roam the paths of the green hillside,
In the parish of west Kilmoe.The Cottage by the SeaChildhood's days now pass before me
Forms and scenes of long ago
Like a dream they hover o'er me
Calm and bright as evening's glow
Days that knew no shade of sorrow
When my young heart brave and free
Joyful hailed each coming morrow
In the cottage by the seaFancy sees the rose trees twining
Around that old and rustic door
And below the white beach shining
Where I gathered shells of yore
Hears my gentle mother's warning
As she took me on her knee(continues on next page)