School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 067

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 067

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  1. I
    Real scenes of life before me now
    Are shifting one by one
    Each actor plays his part and
    goes
    But, when each act is done
    Old memiries hover round me
    And I'm a boy again
    On fancy's wings I'm borne to
    The old house in the glen.
    II
    Oh! sweet the retrospection of
    The happy days of yore
    When by the crystal streamlet
    played
    That ripples past the door
    With Johnny, James and Mary Anne
    A bright ey'd colleen then
    Oh how we wished the fairies
    took
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Hall
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kyle, Co. Tipperary