School: Cluaineach (C.) (roll number 11774)
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chlaimhín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0331
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- The morning was bright and sunny
And the lark sang in the sky,
When from an Irish cabin,
There came a woman's cry.We'll go to that same cabin,
And we'll take a bird's eye peep,
Pat Marren's daughter there
Is going to cross the deep.Pat's wife is now a weeping
As the hour has come to part,
With her brave young darling daughter
The idol of her heart.The emigrant is kneeling,
On the nicely sanded floor,
Beseeching of her mother,
Whose heart is sad and sore.I ask your leave dear mother,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lelia Jennings
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs P.J. Jennings
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Cully, Co. Sligo
