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School: Gleann Beithe

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Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Fhoghludha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0473, Page 559

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    He said. Now fair lady won’t you come along with me.
    We’ll both go off and married we will be
    4.
    We will go down to Queenstown in a few days,
    And take the good ship ‘New England’ there.
    We’ll roam away across the sea.
    Yourself and your Phillipine soldier.
    5.
    When they landed in Boston, they said here around.
    They were going to be married in some church of renown.
    They counted her money in shillings and in pounds
    And home came the Phillipine soldier.
    6.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Griobhtha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Canearagh, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    S. Ó Siocfhradha