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School: St. Anne's (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Kelly
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    III
    He says "dear Anne give me your hand
    We'll trust in God on high
    He'll spare us for a longer day,
    Out fortune for to try.
    And when your passage I will pay,
    You will come with might good will,
    And bid farewell to all your friends
    And lovely Garratt's Hill."
    IV
    She says "Now Tom when you go there,
    Strange faces for to see,
    You will go and court another maid
    And think no more of me.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Mc Evoy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr J. Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan