School: Meath Hill (roll number 7166)
- Location:
- Meath Hill, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Patrick J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 249
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- A Ballad of the Affections"Oh! God be with those happy times
Oh! God be with my childhood" - KeeganI
You're welcome back across the seas,
My boyhood's darling friend!
Long vanished joys will come again,
When one bright hour we spend
In talking o'er the pride we felt,
When time was never slow -
While rambling through our native glens
Some thirteen years ago.II
Your father's house is in the trees
That shade the infant Glyde;
The key-stone of the ruin'd bridge
Is at the old firesides;
Then let us sit near that old stone -
We oft were seated so -
When songs were sung, and tales were told,
Some thirteen years ago.III
To-morropw we'll unmoor the boat,
And pull the mellow fruit;
I'll play the fiddlke once again,(continues on next page)
