School: Béal an Dá Chab (C.) (roll number 14226)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 397
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- There's a voice in the silence, a voice ever calling.
A voice like the sound of a far distant sea.
A music the soul of the wanderer enthralling
It floats like a dream o'er the water to me.
I hear it with tears and a heard wildly beating
Whilst far and alone, in a strange land I roam.
I weep as I list, and my prayers give it greeting
The voice of the green Isle, my country and home. Chorus
Oh, green Isle of Erin, that waits for me yonder.
Though faith has decreed, tis(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Claire O' Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Ned Jones
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Shanavagh, Co. Cork
