School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 367
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A Song
“For far away on the banks of the Nile some thousand miles from his own green Isle”
Far far away on the banks of the Nile, Some thousand miles from his own green Isle,
A brave Irish soldier, a gallant Dragoon,
Reads his mother's letter by the light of the moon."
"He stole from his camp this little note to read,
And the news that it brought made his stout heart bleed,
For while Pat, he was fighting at the head of his band,
His mother was evicted by the laws of the land."
"It is told how a widow would not pay her way,
Then came the Landlord one dark wintry day,
To burn down her cabin for the trifle she owed.
Then she and her children were(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Tommy Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rakeelan, Co. Cavan