School: Anach (roll number 13630)
- Location:
- Annagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 396
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- (continued from previous page)And then the Plains of Boyle so bright that stretch beyond Lough Key.
And when in foreign land I roam I crave no other boon,
That once again Lough Key to see and climb the rock of Doon.
V
O Mary when your winning smile like all the waters blue.
Lough Key and all its wooded isles are vanished from my view
It's often I think when far way away I see the sun and moon
It's often I watched their beams at play above the Rock of Doon.
VI
O Piper play a merry air, the merriest one you know
And for a while we'll chase dull care and let our spirits flow,
O time enough my heart will break, O time enough and soon,
When fortune far away I seek far from the Rock of Doon
- Tis far away I am to day
In exile here I roam
Across the waters wild and wide
Far from my native home
The dear old scenes of long ago
I do remember well(continues on next page) - Collector
- Liam Lavin
- Gender
- Male
