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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 348

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  1. Childhood's Irish Home - by A Drangan Boy (continued)

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    The stormy billows foam,
    Than those more blest, Oh let me rest
    In childhoods Irish Home
    II
    I've heard the charms of foreign chimes
    In song and story told;
    I've heard how foreign cities' streets,
    Are paved with shining gold;
    I've heard described the orient-sky
    That mantles o'er old Rome -
    Avaunt! Away! Oh, let me stay
    In Childhood's Irish Home.
    III
    The melting beauty I have read of Andalusian maids,
    of how they can be woo'd and won
    Beneath their olive shades;
    Tho' they are gay, Oh, let them stay!
    They tempt me not to roam,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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