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School: Áit Tighe Mhic Aodha

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Attimachugh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P. Ó Corracháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0124, Page 217

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  1. The Highlands of Leckee

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    The Highlands of Leckee
    My dear friends, we have met in love to-night, In Columbia's tranquil shore,
    Three thousand miles from green Erin's hills,
    That I never shall see more,
    The far dearest of these hills, than any other is to me,
    That for hill that gave me birth I call it the village of Leckee.
    It's there I often listened a a whole long day,
    To the thrush and black-bird sing,
    For more sweeter notes the cuckoo calls off the holy tree,
    It's there I often viewed the corn crops,
    All blooming in their prime,
    From Mayo to Sligo, along the Ox Mountain's side,
    (My friends, I bid goodnight to you I neer shall see you.)
    Where most gently flows the River Moy.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aodh Ó Sírín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Attimachugh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Aodh Ó Sírín
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Attimachugh, Co. Mayo