School: Knockerra (B.) Killimer
- Location:
- Knockerra, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Cuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 147
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Farewell, farewell my native land,
Farewell for ever more.
I now must leave you far behind.
And seek a foreign shore.
For very soon the ocean waves,
With me will intervene.
And my dear old home be mine no more,
In the Bogs of sweet Derreen.
II
The party that betrayed us.
To win the best design.
The life of one they blighted,
They surely blighted mine.
They sent us far a wandering
With vengeance sharp and keen,
And my dear old home be mine no more,
In the Bogs of sweet Derreen
III
At home in dear old Ireland,
For ever I would stay.
It seems to me just like a dream.
To roam so far away,
From the lovely hills and valleys fair,
Where blooms the shamrock green(continues on next page)
