FM FROM DONEGAL.
Oh, I'm from grand old Donegal, That couhty^routt'and fair';' ' ' I^t^e&altfUe.mpnev, .(..,. <., I have been across the 'ocean, And saw strange eights, be sure, But there's" no 1 £M& likeOttld li-eland, Was Ireland twice as poor. When I was for&?d I sojeay v e)fl# home On 9, .hillside neat'aud green. Tnese locka of bi-owri had scarcely seen, Of summers seventeen ; , Tire^ nailiffs dragged mV inqthej 4 ' From off her bed of death, She died upon the cold roadside. I kissed her parting breath. And when I saw her bones at rest Beside, my father's grave, I took my buildle on my back 'And sailed across the Wave. But now that I've returned again I'll roam no more, don't fear Fjrom the hills and lovely valleys 'Of Ould Ireland, ever dear. I Wv'e got a, little cottage, With a dacent patch of ground, Below the door the river flows, And trees grow all around ; I'll make my Mary happy, But I'll not forget the day That'alien lawa drove me from home' '•And kindred far away. August, 1882^ ■' , SrERQ-
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1671, 22 March 1883, Page 4
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178FM FROM DONEGAL. Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1671, 22 March 1883, Page 4
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