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School: Robinstown (roll number 9039)

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Robinstown, Co. Meath
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Teresa Coyne
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  1. A Child's Prayer - Lying Down to Sleep

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    November 23rd, 1938.
    Here I lay myself down on my right side
    I pray to God to be my guide,
    Jesus within, and Jesus without
    Twelve apostles round about.
    There are four corners on my bed
    There are four angels overspread -
    Blessed Matthew Mark Luke and John.
    God bless this bed that I lie on.
    If any evil spirit comes to waken me,
    O Blessed Virgin Mary keep and save me
    Here I lay myself down to sleep
    I give my soul to the Almighty God to keep.
    And if I die before I wake
    I pray that God my soul will take.
    Awake my soul ! aggrieved with sin
    Repent hard heart ! to bleed begin
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gertie Loughran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12