School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)
- Location:
- Kilnamona, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Síle Céitinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 404
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Amhrán - Nellie Ray (continued)
“I love a little country queen ¶ Of village beauty and rare”
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Home again, home again, from a foreign shore
And oh it fills my soul with joy
To meet my friends once more .
Happy hearts,happy hearts
With mine have laughed in glee,
And oh the friends,I loved in youth
Seems happier to me
But if my guide should be thy fate
Which bids me longer roam
But death alone can break the tie ,
Thad bind my heart to home .
Chorus
Home again, home again, from a foreign shore
And oh it fills my soul with joy
To meet my friends once more .
Amhrán - Tony Shannon's Ball
“Ye gallant lads and lasses ¶ As it is close on Patrick's day”
"Tony Shannon's Ball" Composed by Thomas Cullinan.
Ye gallant lads and lasses
As it is close on Patrick's Day ,
We want to keep the fun stirred up before it dies away
Concerning that famous night
Was held down in Loughvelle
Was there ever seen the likes before,(continues on next page) - Collector
- Teresa Naughton
- Gender
- Female