School: Kilcogy (B.)
- Location:
- Kilcogy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Jas. Mc Kiernan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 232
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Adieu, lovely Mary, I am now
going to leave you
And to the west Indies my sad
course to steer;
I know very well my absence will
grieve you
But, sweetheart, I'll be back in
spring of the year.The May fires were burning, and
the ships were returning
But word never came to allay
her sad fear;
And sorely and sadly young Mary
sat mourning,
The loss of her love in the spring
of the year. And summer thus found her, and
wooers came round her.
Yet deep in her bosom one form
she held dear(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mollie Mc Kiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Ber Mc Kiernan
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Teacher
