School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile

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Collooney, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
An tSr. Teresita
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  1. A Song

    This is a song which was composed by a man

    This is a song which was composed by a man named Fitzwilliams who went to America when he was about twenty years of age. He is not living now. I got the information from Peter McDonagh of Lackagh, Parish of Ballyadare and Barony of Couan He is a farmer and is about sixty years of age.
    I was born in dear old Ireland
    And lived there twenty years, since reason dawned
    I have always kindly felt its hopes and fears
    Tho far away, across the sea, in spirit still I roam
    Around the hills and valleys
    Of my dear native home.
    I never can forget the day that I left Riverstown
    Or can I ere' forget the boys that with me did go down
    To Sligo town that lies so snug
    At the food of Knocknanea
    Old Irishmen, you have the brightest dressed land on earth
    And free the dear land of your birth
    Unite the Orange and the Green, unfurl it right away
    Let it float on high beneath your native sky
    On the top of Knocknanea
    I love my dear adopted land
    I love it as my life
    I love it dearly as I love my children and my wife
    (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
    Informant
    Peter Mc Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Lackagh, Co. Sligo