Scoil: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (uimhir rolla 10835)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Miner Boy

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   I
   The widow's son to his work is gone,
   In the bowels of the earth you'll find him,
   Delving away where the sun ne'er shone,
   And heaping the coals behind him
   "Mother dear," the young man said,
   As he left his home that morning,
   "My heart feels like to a load of lead,"
   Oh, was it an angel's warning.

   II
   For hours he worked at his taks alone,
   When a crash, like a roar of thunder
   Deafened the sound of a human groan
   And cleared the rocks asunder,
   His comrades near rushed to the scene,
   And there in his blood was lying,
   The widow's son, who had left Cloneen,
   In the morning light, now dying.

   III
   The bore him out and heaved him up,
   With tears in their sad eyes burning,
   Thinking how deep was the bitter cup,
   For the mother on his returning,
   The summer sun shone on his face,
   As the priest his sins had shriven,

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Brigid O' Neill

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Caisleán an Chomair, Co. Chill Chainnigh

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs Patrick O' Neill

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Caisleán an Chomair, Co. Chill Chainnigh