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   “Now far away from the dear old scenes”

   

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   Song
   Now far away from the dear old scenes
   In exile here I roam, across the waters wild and wide
   Far from my native home.
   The dear old scenes of long agao
   I do remember well
   My childhood plays my school boy days
   Around Saint James's Well.

   I long to ramble there once more
   And meet with comrades true
   and view again those happy scenes
   Where days of childhood flew
   O for one clance at the dear old Well
   No tongue or pen can tell
   How I revere that school house dear
   Around Saint James's Well

   The dear old well in former days
   I have heard the old folk say
   Good people came from far near
   Upon Saint James's day.
   From England, Scotland and from Wales
   And other lands as well

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr E.G. Boles

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Knockacappul, Co. Sligo