School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)
- Location:
- Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 217
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- 1) A large ring is formed and one child kneels in the middle and they all sing as they walk round.
Fair Rosa was a lovely child, a lovely child a lovely child.
Fair Rosa was a lovely child, long years ago.
The children hold their arms high up in the atr as they sing.
She lived up in a big high tower; a big high tower, a big high tower, She lived up in a big high tower long years ago.
Another child enters the ring and they all sing(continues on next page)
