School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 07_045
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Seanamhrán
“There was a widow in this town”
There was a widow in this town
She reared three darling sons
The youngest son became a man
At the age of twenty-one
One night he discorised to his mother
And theos are the words he did say
I think it will be one of our lot
That we must go far away.
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She spoke into his brothers
And they did soon agree
The sent him off to College
A Clergy-man to be
He was not long in College(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francie O' Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumneen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John O' Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumneen, Co. Mayo