School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 453
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Song (continued)
“I was born and bred in Bridgetown. In the County Donegal.”
(continued from previous page)VI
But I had to get to Surrey,
The night being very dark.And when I got to Heysham,
I wanted to turn back.VII
I’m living now in Surrey,
Amongst its hills and brays,
But my heart is still in Erin [?],
Amongst its Irish ways.VIII
May God bless all my friend’s to night [sic],
Relations one and all.
And may they thrive in happiness,
In far off Donegal.VIIII [sic]
I’ll drink a health to Erin,
AS I have no more time to spend.
So good bye to all my comrades,
To each tale there is an end.This poem was made by,Francess Kerr
- Collector
- Edith Kerr
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Bridgetown, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Frances Kerr
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female