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1. The Maid of Lismore (continued)

   

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   She quickened her paces before me,
   I told her to take her time,
   But the more I advanced to discourse her,
   The quicker she made her way.

   IV
   In sweet Cappaquin I embraced her,
   And I called for a crúiscín lán,
   If I called for ten gallons of porter,
   This damsel would pay for all,
   I found her so civel and jovial,
   I asked her to be my own,
   I told her I held a large farm,
   As long as the lease would hold,
   I told her I had cattle and corn,
   And money that no Lady knows,
   “And I’ll make you as snug as warm,
   As if you owned all Lismore”.

   V
   While Katty and I were discoursing,
   She smiled at me now and then,
   Her apron strings she kept folding,
   And turning them round in a ring,
   She called for another jorum,
   Till Katty and I got pleased,
   We slept till the market was over,
   And all the turkeys were sold.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Scanlan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lismore, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Mrs M. Scanlan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lismore, Co. Waterford