School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 368
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A Song (continued)
“For far away on the banks of the Nile some thousand miles from his own green Isle”
(continued from previous page)cast to the road."
"It is told how a neighbour, a true friend indeed,
As if sent from Heaven to outcast her needs.
Took her to her cabin, her logs were burning bright,
Then she and her children wept tears of delight."
"I know I am doing wrong this poor creature said,
By giving you shelter in this humble shed,
But with all my heart your welcome,
Such laws as I can spurn,
My home shall be yours, "till your son shall return."
- Informant
- Tommy Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rakeelan, Co. Cavan