School: Cnocán an Teampaill, Ros Gréine
- Location:
- Knockantemple, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Nic Aodhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 248
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- (continued from previous page)And never let anyone tempt you
To wed a young sailor bold.6. Be advised stay at home with your parents.
For them you are bound to mind.
For young men are no dependers
When they leave their true love behind7. O she said, there is not one can persuade me
For one moment to alter my mind
Ill ship and be off with my sailor
For he never will leave me behind 8. She dressed herself up like a sailor
In her jacket and trousers so blue.
For three years and a half on the ocean.
She sailed with her lover so true.9. Whenever young William was in danger
She always proved loyal and true.
Her duty was done like a sailor
Aloft in her jacket so blue.10. Her father long wept and lamented(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Tom Power
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Railstown, Co. Tipperary
