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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    “When I was but a youngster lad,”

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    "Goodbye, may God be with my lad,
    wherever he may roam
    Let no false pride make you forget
    Your loving friends at home
    Goodbye, may God be with you lad,
    too often she did cry
    And whilr I breathe Ill ne'er forget,
    my mother's last Goodbye"
    Betty Mulvey
    Drumsna
    Sung by her mother
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Mulvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim