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School: Mullach Dubh

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Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Blioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 235

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    “There sits in the emerald isle of the ocean”

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    musical sound
    The thrushes whose lays from their lofty pine station
    Proclaim to the world their songs of renown.
    At night when I silently rest on my pillow
    I'd awake to well - lonely sound of the cuckoo
    Her notes so melodious from the top of a willow
    Forsaking the woods to my cottage she flew
    Bonet flows through Lough Gill by dividing its water
    It torrents to Sligo it rolls to the sea
    Tradition accents that a mermaids daughter
    Is seen on it's billows
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonaquin, Co. Leitrim