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1. The Home he Left behind (continued)

   

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   And the home I left behind
   II
   Down by a shadowy stream
   They are often pictures in my mind
   Like a memory, thoughts and dreams
   When I think of the darling girl I loved,
   How often she ran through my mind
   What wonder! If my heart
   Would break for
   The home I left behind.
   III
   It was the next morning
   With a sad and broken heart
   I stood upon my father's floor
   Saying "Now we have to part"
   My mother's arms around my neck
   And the tears in her eyes did blink
   I tore from her my arms
   And the home I left behind.
   IV
   When I was leaving old Ireland
   I bid my friends "adieu"
   I stood at the bridge of Milltown
   I viewed along the sweet Inver shore
   Where I spent many a time
   Its there I took the last fond view,

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Ó Dubhthaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Tomás Ó Maolálaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Cnocán na Líne, Co. Mayo