School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 013
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- Since Adam was a boy.The world is very fair to-day.
The scenes of every kind,
Are pleasing to the critic's eye
So charming, great, and grand.
One night in revelry o'er the past,
No cares did me annoy.
I mused, on (and)? changes we have seen
Since Adam was a boy.When Adam was a blithesome boy,
He had no comrades gay,
No bicycle had he to ride,
No rent had he to pay.
He never wore a coat of blue,
Nor pants of courderoy.
No tailor grand was in the land,
When Adam was a boy.Adam had no books to read,
He had no pen to write,
He never saw a Latin school
Nor met a scholar bright.
He had no fear that enemies,
Loved Eden would destroy,
The garden grand was very fair,
When Adam was a boy(continues on next page)
