School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)
- Location:
- Cill Mobhí, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0114, Page 122
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“Twas a feeble old man and he stood on the deck His arms around a young mariner's neck...”
(continued from previous page)As a starling might as a starling might stare
At the sight of a feast
The morn quickly rose and revealed to his eye
The land he had prayed to behold and then died
Let me lean on your strength, I am feeble and old
And half of my heart is already stone cold
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Forty years work was a change when first I crossed over the sea
There were few on the deck that could grapple with me.
And my youth and my prime in Ohio went by
But I've come back to see the old spot ere I die.
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Green, green was the shore though the year was near done
High and haughty the capes and the white surf dashing on
A grey ruined convent was down by the strand
The sheep fed afar on the hills of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Tully
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ráth Fhireolais, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Michael Tully
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ráth Fhireolais, Co. Mhaigh Eo