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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

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Killaloe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An tSr. Aileabhaird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 314

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    “As I stood on the bridge on a cold frosty morning, my mind was at ease and my thoughts far away”

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    under the clay
    But lorries and trains they are rushing and speeding
    To our last resting place above in Roscrea.
    VIII
    Good-bye to ye all, my days are near numbered
    I have lived a good age I was thirty last May
    May bad luck to the farmer who parted my company
    May he end up his days above in Roscrea"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah D' Arcy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Connie Collins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Tipperary