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School: Na Hárda (Ardfield), Clanna Caoilte (roll number 1267)

Location:
Ardfield, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caitlín, Bean Uí Ghrífín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0317, Page 232

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  1. O Sweet Dunowen

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    O Sweet Dunowen
    O sweet Dunowen O sweet Dunowen
    how oft i think of thee
    It's on the hills of a summer's more glorious, gay and free,
    I crossed the broad Atlantic and never yet I own
    I never saw a spot so grand as the hills of sweet Dunowen
    I sailed o'er the water
    The tears fell from my eyes
    Thinking of the kind old friends and neighbours I left behind
    But now I am in America and always think of home
    And of the happy days I spent on the hills of sweet Dunowen.
    The mountain is a sporting place
    As everybody knows
    (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
    Margaret Donovan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyva, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Seánín Tobac
    Gender
    Male