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School: Derreenargan

Location:
Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 248

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  1. Emigration (continued)

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    I long to see the day
    That you'll be seen on Erins green
    On the banks of sweet Lough Key
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    But strange to say that things changed
    The people fled away
    The roads are like a church-yard
    Where we spent many a day
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  2. The Cottages

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    'Twas in '99 'twas nearly time
    To see in Erin's shore
    The man who toils and tills the soil
    In happiness once more
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