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1. Old Songs - The Schoolhouse (continued)

   

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   Twas twenty years ago.
   IV
   The river is running just the same
   The willows by its side
   Are larger now than they were then
   The stream appears less wide
   But the old vine tree is failing, Tom, where once we played the bow
   And swung the children full of joy -
   Some twenty year's ago.
   V
   The spring well bubbles beneath yon hill
   Down by the spreading beach
   Tis very high twas once so low
   That I could almost reach
   In kneeling down to get a drink
   Dear Tom I started so
   To see how sadly I am changed -
   Since twenty years ago
   VI
   Upon that tree down by the well
   You know I ve cut your name
   Your comrades just beneath it Tom
   And you did mind the same
   Some heartless wretch pealed off the bark
   Tis failing sure but slow
   Just as those names you cut

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Gaffney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisdromarea North, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mr Patrick Gaffney

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   87

   Address

   Lisdromarea North, Co. Leitrim