School: Ballinlig (roll number 2994)
- Location:
- Ballinlig, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: J. Seery
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 438
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- My lovely darling I now must leave must leave you,
And bid farewell to mo mhile grádh,
To friends and neighbours and kind relations
The Lord be with you sweet Ballina.
II
My heart is broke love,
When I do speak love,
My bones are acking,
When I do condole
In each long evening
While friends were meeting
And happy greetings
For to condole.
III
Farewell to Ardnaree, bright home of my fatherss
Where I spent many a long happy day
With lads and lasses and sparkling glasses
But now I'm bound for America.
IV
Down by the New Bridge,
As I often surveyed.
To view its cathedrals and loft walls.
Farewell to Reheens and its lofty borders.
Tongues and melodians does summer ball
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- Informant
- Willie Mullen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
