School: Castle Otway, Dúrlas Éile

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   When the fields are all green and the
   orchard is white.

   When the mill was at work and the corn it was ground,
   For the public and farmers for many
   miles round,
   And the mill-race ran swiftly with
   waters so bright
   And the kiln fire was burning all
   day and all night,
   And the folk came in daily with
   car loads of grain,
   And the old mill kept grinding the
   fresh oatmeal.

   Now the time is approaching and it
   wont be long
   Till the whir of machinery will sound
   on the strand,
   And the milk cars and milk cans will
   rattle all day,
   As the milk from the creamery is
   carted away-
   Near the green sloping lawn where stately and grand
   Stands the home of our childhood,-
   the first in the land.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Hodgins

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   An Garraí Glas, Co. Thiobraid Árann

   Informant

   Mrs Ellen Hodgins

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   82

   Address

   An Garraí Glas, Co. Thiobraid Árann