School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 181
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A Song (continued)
“Oh, I had one son and a son in law, And they both trotted off unto America”
(continued from previous page)VII
My son Phelim he was born in Trim
And every hand and arm he had a nice little limb.
And now he comes home with no leg at all
Oh why didn't he hide from that bloody cannon ball.
Chorus.
- This song was given to me by my father. It relates to different happenings in Irish history, but especially '98. The author is it is unknown, but it was probaly composed some time early in the nineteenth century:-
I
One night of late I chanced to stray,
In the pleasant month of May.
And Maques did his flag display,
The moon sank in the deep
On a ruin moor I sat me down
I heard the woodcocks cooing round,
The ocean with its hollow sound
Lulled me fasy asleep.
II
I thought I saw brave Brian Boru',(continues on next page) - Collector
- Séumas Ó Ruairc
- Gender
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