School: Sruthán an Aifrinn (roll number 13982)
- Location:
- Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 372
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A Local Song (continued)
“Good bye to lios an uisce”
(continued from previous page)Bound for Chicago
My living to pursue
When I reach in New York
I will write it to my dear
And every line that I will pen down
I will wet it with a tear
In a bottle tied to this letter I will seal
In case the ship gets drowned
For someone living to tell the tale
Until its message be found
Perhaps some breeze might waft its course
Into some pretty shore
And the one that finds it might be as kind
As to send it to Knockmore
- Collector
- Charles Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Terryduff, Co. Mayo