School: Clochar Muire, Tobar an Choire (roll number 12166)

Location:
Tobercurry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Nioclás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 361

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  1. Song
    The Hill of Knocknashee.
    Dear friends we meet in love to night on Columbia's tranquil shore.
    Ten thousand miles from Ireland's hills
    We'll never see the more.
    But dearer still is that fair hill
    Than any other to me.
    In our own home in Ireland
    We call it Knocknashee.
    2
    How dear to me the memories
    Sweet recollection brings.
    And hoe I list the live long day
    To the thrush and blackbird sing
    How oft used the cuckoo call
    From out the holly tree
    And how sweetly the re-echoed sound
    The Hill of Knocknashee.
    3
    How I viewed the cornfields
    All blooming in their pride
    From Coolaney on to Clooncool
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Walker
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullaghanarry, Co. Sligo