School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 16821)

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1. A New Year's Song (continued)

   

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   To the chime of the old village bells,
   The logs were burning brightly,
   'Twas a night enough for to banish all sin,
   For the bells were ringing the Old Year out
   and the New Year in.

   
   (III)

   While the joyous bells sang swift, I wended my way,
   To the cot where I lived, when a boy,
   And I looked in the window,
   Yes! there by the fire sat my parents.
   My heart filled with joy,
   And the tears trickled fast down my bronzed, furrowed cheeks,
   As I gazed on my mother so dear.
   I knew in my heart, she was raising a prayer,
   For the boy whom she dreamt not was near.

   
   (IV)

   At the door of the cottage we got face to

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. New Year (~74)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sadie Maria Long

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Straruddan, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Patrick Long

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   67

   Address

   Straruddan, Co. Donegal