School: Baile Lochnáin
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0531, Page 160
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Local Songs - The Banks of the Boyne (continued)
“Another song is "The Banks of the Boyne"...”
(continued from previous page)She sleeps beneath the green sod
In Ballyallen Chapel yard
She saw the dawn of light of day
That nothing could retain.
She had lived along she passed away
Its to her soul I pray
We have maidens like her still Thank God
And plenty here today.
Local Songs - Erin's Lovely Home
“There is a very old love song...”
"Erin's lovely home"When I was young and in my bloom
My age was twenty-one
I had become a servant unto a gentleman
I served him true and honest too
And very well tis known
Till cruelly they banished me
From Erin's lovely home.There is a very old love song(continues on next page)