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School: Barr an Chárthainn, Domhnach Mór (roll number 16650)

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Barr an Chárthainn, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
D. Ó Laoghaire
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  1. The Bogeragh Hills

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    I'm sitting watching a coal fire burning,
    But my heart and my thoughts are far from here
    For on fancys pinnions are they turning
    To where Corks dear old peaks appear
    There is some thing here on the shelf before me
    And oh with what reapture my heart it fills
    What a flood of memories it brings oh'r me
    Tis a sod of turf from the Bogeragh Hills.
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    A sod of turf that with devotion.
    I brought away as a souvernir.
    A little thought that beyond the ocean
    Twould one day cause me to shed a tear
    But I will not stop that tear from flowing
    At the thoughts of Ireland valleys and rills.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. filíocht
        1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Golden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maigh Chromtha, Co. Chorcaí