My Father,s father ploughed the Land

Liam C Ryan

I am looking for the words of an old poem which starts with the words "My Father,s father ploughed the land and his father,s father" I don,t know where it goes from there but would be delighted if some user of this forum can remember the poem.
Regards
Liam C

Alice Milligan

Is this the poem?

“My father’s father ploughed this land;
His father’s father fought and planned
To get increases on the yield
Of his forefathers, from this field.
The good earth needs my care, and so
To distant lands I shall not go.
The sea-gulls wheel upon my track
And settle swiftly at my back.
They know that ploughing will go on
When all is said and all is done.
And this is what I want –
My son’s son too to plough this field and give rebirth
To fruitfulness upon this earth.”

Liam C Ryan

Many Thanks Alice, My Grandfather used to recite this poem when we were young but all I remembered was the first line .

tomasocarthaigh

Who wrote it? I never read it before... its a lovely verse.