School: Cluaineach (C.) (roll number 11774)
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chlaimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0329
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Song
“My true love's face is as bright”
My true love's face is as bright
and clear as the sky on a
Summer's day.Her golden hair and flaxen
curls o'er her neck and
shoulders play,
No land or title does she own
she s a simple Irish lass,
She was born in the heart of
Garyown,
And they call her the "cailin deas."There are maidens fair by the
Shannon side and maids by the
Suir and Nore.Like the pretty little Shamrock
buds dotted all around Erin's shore. You could see them tripping
o'er the heather on a Sunday
going to Mass.
But the prettiest girl among them
all was my own dear "cailin deas."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Evelyn Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cully, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Matthew Rowley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rue, Co. Sligo