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School: Baile i Meadhon Locha (roll number 344)

Location:
Bellanaman, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Nic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 118

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    (continued from previous page)
    Did trickle down her face
    Saying: "Must I alone now sigh and moan
    To none the cause reveal
    But to lament my tears to rent
    In Dobbin's Flowery Vale".
    III
    "Leave off the thoughts, likewise the words
    That wound a blooding heart,
    I own we both have met here now
    But alas: We soon must part;
    To foreign isles where plenty smiles
    If fortune doth prevail,
    Then I'll come home no more to roam
    From Dobbin's Flowery Vale".
    IV
    "When you go to Columbia's shore
    Some handsome maids you'll see,
    Then you will soon forget your love
    And the vows you made to me;
    So stay at home and be advised
    Don't leave me here to wail
    But still remain and meet again
    In Dobbin's Flowery Vale.
    V
    "Leave off the thoughts you're left alone
    Or that I am untrue,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Susan Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullaliss, Co. Monaghan