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School: Cill Díoma (B.) (roll number 6516)

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Kildimo, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Scealláin
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  1. A Song

    “The twighlight falls soft”

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    A Song. 25/7/'38
    I verse
    The twilight falls soft.
    O'er the place where we loved
    In the days of our childhood to thee
    Of all the fine rivers
    That flow through out isle
    The blue rolling Shannon for me.
    Chorus.
    At the cross near out home
    At the close of the day
    Where the youths and
    the maidens still meet
    Remember it still
    Though the land's far away
    The shores of Ringmoylan are sweet
    II Verse
    Where the linnets have sung
    And the children have played
    And the nuts hang in clusters so brown
    You can see the big ships passing
    there day by day
    With wealth for the merchants in town.
    Chorus
    At the cross near out home
    At the close of the day
    Where the youths and the
    maidens still meet
    (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
    James O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bolane, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mellon, Co. Limerick