School: Na Hárda (Ardfield), Clanna Caoilte (roll number 1267)

Location:
Ardfield, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caitlín, Bean Uí Ghrífín
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  1. O Sweet Dunowen, O Sweet Dunowen,
    I always think of thee
    To stand on the hills on a Summer's day
    So glorious gay and free
    I crossed the broad Atlantic wave
    But ever yet I own,
    I never saw a spot so grand
    As the hills of sweet Dunowen
    2
    The Mountain is a sporting place
    As everybody knows
    It is always on a Sunday "boys"
    Its there we used to go
    But now I am booze[?] far away
    across the distance main
    I hope I will return again
    To the land of Inisfail
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Driscoll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunowen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Patrick Driscoll
    Gender
    Male