School: Tamhnach tSeiscinn (roll number 12778)
- Location:
- Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Tárpaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 261
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An Old Song
“Dear esciles all who hail from Boyle”
I
Dear exiles all who hail from Boyle
I bid you gather near
And let us tonight with fond delight
Recall old places dear.
II
Though driven from my native shore
In a foreign land to toil
Both night and day I'll pray for you
My native town of Boyle.
III
I never can forget the day
I left my native town
And parting with my dear old friends
With courage breaking down.
IV
They bid me off with all good cheer
But I'll think of them at home
I'll nere forget my native town
Where ever that I roam.
V
Fond memory now recalls to me
Those good days long ago
And bring before my loving heart
My birth place Corrigeenroe
T'was there I spent my schoolboy days
With comrades young also(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Slein
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon