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THE FARMER'S BOY |
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[Every May, a great number of Donegal youths, whose ages range from twelve to fifteen years, go to the hiring fair of Strabane in the Co. Tyrone, and there, in the market-place, they are sold like cattle to the highest bidder. Their wages range from £3 to £$ for six months, and they have to work about eighteen hours a day.]
When I went o'er the mountains a farmer's boy
to be, My mother wept all morning when taking leave
of me; My heart was heavy in me, but I thrept that I
was gay : A man of twelve should never weep when going
far away. |
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