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School: Dernakesh (B)

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Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 407

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  1. Local Poets (continued)

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    To wander far away
    A some do sleep on an alien shore
    Where some shamrocks o'er them bloom
    Far from the friends they'll meet no more.
    Round lovely sweet Drumgoon.
    V
    Curse on the laws that forces us
    In foreign lands to dwell.
    And leave green Erin's Isle behind.
    The land we loved so well.
    O God above this exile pray.
    May that day dawn soon
    When freedom soon will come beaming.
    O'er you, lovely sweet Drumgoon
    This song was made by Larry Caralon Kilatee, now dead. He was a monitor in Dernakesh school about forty years ago.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Local Poets

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    Terry Marron of Corragarry who lived where Owen Smyth now lives made a song on Barney McTyre's ass
    I
    One day in bleak November
    The truth I will reveal
    Barney McTyre
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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