School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)
- Location:
- Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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- To day, the 12th January, 1938,
I'm leaving home for Africa,
I'm going to emigrate,
I'll bid adieu to Ireland,
And the spot that I adore,
That spot, beside the Abbey gate,
Which overlooks the shore.
2
I'm leaving father, and mother,
Brothers, sweetheart, sisters fair,
I know they'll often think of me,
And for me breath a prayer,
And I will often think of them,
Though in a foreign land,
I'll be back with them in spirit,
Near the Bay, and Donegal strand.
3
And when I'm in that distant land,
Where I'll sojourn awhile,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eileen Mc Brearty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall