School: Cnoc Bríde (1)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 163
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- One evening on a foreign land.
The golden sun did gleam
And lonely stood a poor exile
Far from this isle so green
With a cheerful heart and a mournful mind
He watched the rising moon
Alas his thoughts led back once more
Round lonely Sweet Drumgoon
II
The tears rolled gently down his cheeks
And he spoke this mournfullay
Oh God I long on Breffnies hill
My own dear home to see
To hear the blackbird in the bower
Pour forth his gladsome tune
That echoes through the blooming rose
Around lovely Sweet Drumgoon
III
That's where I spent lifes brightest hours
Free from the clouds of care
Where 'er I roam nought fills my path
Like days spent roaming there
With comrades gay I used to stray
On a sunday after noon
Till the shades of night had fallen(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Keown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- James Crosson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
