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School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

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    With sweethearts, friends and comrades dear,
    Oh, many's the happy day I spent.
    With jovial mirth and revelry,
    I spent my youthful days content.
    But now oppressions cruel chains
    Which do indeed surround us a'
    It makes me weep when I should sleep
    In a foreign clime when far awa'
    Her name to trace a beast first place
    A river next you must transpose
    And what the vast Atlantic is
    With fifty and a vowel shows.
    This beauty, she has jet black eyes,
    I love her, I make bold to say,
    Alas! I cannot count the sighs,
    Since she can't come to America.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Cullough
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunree, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs S. Mc Cullough
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Dunree, Co. Donegal