School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)

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1. A Local Song

   “The dear old house is standing yet. Where oft in days departed.”

   

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   I have sat with those I never ne'er forget My school mates jovial-hearted. Where life appeared a paradise of happiness extreme For all was innocence and glee, In the old School by the Stream. 2 And nigh the town, its lifts its head beside the public way And grace between a flowing bed fast rumbling to decay An ivy porch it cannot boast to make it gay or sheen Its bareness shames wild Autumn boast. The old school by the Stream.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Keegan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killalea, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mr Peter Hussey

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Dromore, Co. Westmeath