School: Dunmanus, Toormore
- Location:
- Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 141a
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Songs Composed about Places Around my District (continued)
“The Barrel Rocks:- Come all you jolly mariners give ear into my song,”
(continued from previous page)Farewell my dearest Mary,
To America I'm away.
It's many the pleasant evening
Together we did stray
It grieves my heart to part,
And big a long adieu,
To friends so kind and you behind,
In the parish of sweet Kilmoe.Oh, sad and lonely was that hour
When I was forced to part
From parents dear and comrade boys
And the fond ones of my heart
On a foreign strand I mean to land
My fortune to pursue
But the scenes behind I'll bear in mind
Of my home in sweet KilmoeAt many the fair in sweet Goleen
We spent a happy day,
In dancing and in singing
The time we passed away
The flowing glass around did pass
Our spirits did renew
I'll never forget, though far away
My home in sweet Kilmoe(continues on next page)