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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 256

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    “She lived beside the Anner,”

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    She lived beside the Anner at the foot of Slievenamon
    A gentle Irish peasant girl with wild eye’s like the dawn
    Her lips were dewy rosebuds, her teeth were pearls rare
    And a snow-drift ‘neath a beacon brow, her neck and nut brown hair
    How pleasant ’twas to see her on a Sunday when the bell
    Was filling with its mellow tones, lone wood and grassy dell
    And when at eve, young maidens strayed, the anner banks along
    The widow’s brown haired daughter was the loveliest of the throng
    A cold and well night colleen
    this wearied heart did own
    for the helpers faith dear Erin
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ann Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killoran, Co. Tipperary