School: Ceathair Dhúin Iascaigh, Clochar na Trócaire

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1. Poem (Song)

   “Adieu my lonely cottage dell, I am going far oer the main for in a foreign land to dwell.”

   

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   Adieu! my lonely cottage dell,
   I am going far oer the main,
   Far in a foreign land to dwell.
   With thee I can ne'er remain.
   The rock-field is still dear to me.
   As in youth it did alure
   For to sit upon it's mossy banks
   And gaze upon the Suir

   
   Chorus

   It's the gentle rushing river
   To me shall be the same,
   Where the leafy branches quiver
   In Kilcommon's lone demain.

   
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   It's Cahir Abbey's fertile valley,
   To thee I will bid farewell,
   If thou could speak in the after years.
   What a sad, sad tale they tell.
   Of youth, and love and beauty,
   Whilst pondering in the shade,
   Or resting on that terrace cote,
   Where the sun-beams gently played.

   
   Chorus

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty O' Neill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clonmore South, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Costello

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clonmore South, Co. Tipperary