School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by the old cabin door,
The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart
With sorrow where all was delight.
The time has come when the darkeys have to part,
Then, my old Kentucky home, goodnight.Chorus.111
The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the darkeys goes;
A few more days and the trouble all will end.
In the fields where the sugar cane grows:
A few more days for to dote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light.
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then, my old Kentucky home goodnight.Chorus.
- Collector
- Kathleen Colohan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Occupation
- Farmer's daughter
- Address
- Birch Grove, Co. Ros Comáin
