School: Bellanagare (roll number 2968)
- Location:
- Bellanagare, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Seán Mac Dochair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 140
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Composition - A Local Song
“The sun had sunk o'er Fairymount,”
The following song was composed by John Noone who lived in Falmore about two miles from my village. He was a farmer and was born about the year 1880. He migrated to America 1904. He composed the following song about the year 1903.
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The sun had sunk o'er Fairymount,
And youth had ceased to toil,
A darksome shade crept in that vale,
from Knockroe to Rathmoyle,
A distant breeze amongst the trees,
With fragrance from each rose,
And as it passes smoothly on,
It seems this to disclose;
Oh, could I stay ore here delay,
Or could I my course marr,
With fond delight I'd spend one night,
Around charming Belanagare.
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Oh Belanagare I think you are
The sweetest place on earth,
My thoughts do fondly cling to you,
I've loved you from my birth,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Geraghty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Geraghty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Bellanagare, Co. Roscommon