School: Sean-Achaidh (roll number 12887)
- Location:
- Seanachaidh, Co. Mayo
- Teachers: Mícheál P. Ó Gallachobhair Seán Ó Dubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)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,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Seán Ó Dubhthaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tomás Ó Maolálaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Cnocán na Líne, Co. Mayo