School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab

Location:
Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Síle Ní Mhathúna
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  1. A dieu my friends in Dublin,
    I bid you all adieu,
    I can not yet appoint the day that I'll return to you,
    I wrote those lines on board a ship where stormy billows roar,
    May heaven bless those Fenian boys till I return once more.
    II
    Let no one blame the turn-key, nor any of his men.
    There's no one knows but the two of us, the man who stood my friend.
    I robbed no man, I shed no blood, though they sent me on to jail.
    Because I was O'Donovan Rossa who was a son of Grannuaile.
    (3)
    My curse attend those traitors false,
    Who did our cause betray,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosaleen O' Donovan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballydehob, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Ned Jones
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Shanavagh, Co. Cork