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School: Latnamard (roll number 16769)

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Latnamard, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mary Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 428

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    “The sun may go down in the East love”

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    The following song was composed by master Courtney who taught in Tattenclave school Going home he fell off his bicycle. When he found the fall was going to prove fatal he wrote the following lines to his sweet - heart who lived in Latnamard.
    The sun may go down in the East love
    And the morning may fade like the dew,
    And the shamrock shall cease to be green love,
    When I lose my remembrance of you
    When I lose my remembrance of you love
    When I lose my remembrance of you
    And the shamrock shall cease to be green love
    When I lose my remembrance of you.
    Had I a heart to divide it,
    O' how could I break it in two
    Then take it away it is thine love
    I never loved any but you
    I never loved any but you love
    I never loved any but you
    Then take it away it is thine love
    I never loved any but you
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Kierans
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Latnamard, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Kierans
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Latnamard, Co. Monaghan