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School: Rathowen (B) (roll number 5101)

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Rathowen, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mc Garry
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    Fond memory brings me back again
    Unto that happy time
    When I within my native glen
    Rejoiced in manhood's prime
    It was then true friendship I could win
    From comrades near and far
    But now I am a convict
    In jail in Mullingar
    II
    A happy home my parents had
    They left that home with me
    The rent was raised, the times were bad
    And I was forced to flee
    But still although my pathway lay
    Beneath misfortune's star
    I never thought Id be to day
    In jail in Mullingar
    III
    I went unto the workhouse
    To seek for shelter there
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nuala Cregg
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Joanstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    James Killean
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Joanstown, Co. Westmeath