School: Killummod
- Location:
- Killummod, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Bhioscáin
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- (continued from previous page)Farewell Cloonfad my birthplace
I now must bid a-dieu
To all my friends and comrades
And kind old neighbours too.
My time now has come at last
Like some good men before
Tomorrow at the break of day
I'll leave you Cloonfad Mor.
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And tonight before I go
I'll take my staff in hand
Until I visit every house
Within the old townland
I'll go to see both young and old
My last farewell to take
Until I see Cloonfad again
And the banks of Balla Lake.
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Farewell to Lisanoran's groves
Where oft times I have been
Among the dales and hazels(continues on next page)