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School: Beanna (roll number 9524/5)

Location:
Banna West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 336

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  1. A Song

    “The shades of evening around me hover”

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    I
    The shades of evening around me hover
    A wild young rover from Erin's Isle
    On this rugged shore as the breaker's roar
    In fond thoughts of home I will rest awhile.
    II
    Some scenes remind me of those left behind me
    My home in Kerry where bright streamlets flow
    And Banna strand so fair and grand
    My heart is with thee where in I go
    III
    Where the mermaid sings the west wind brings
    Vast piles of seaweed from the mighty deep
    And the peasent boy's, though the night wind sighs
    Cart it away while their masters sleep
    IIII
    And Kerry's hills and her rippling hills
    Will in my memory for ever lie
    And the Black rock and the Barrow
    Though my purse is narrow
    I hope to see you before I die
    This song was composed by Thomas
    (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
    Collector
    Peg Lawlor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockroe, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymacquin Upper, Co. Kerry