School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

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Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Thighearnáin
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  1. Local - Song
    The Beauty of Kilmore
    On pleasure bent one lovely day
    As the small birds sang with glee,
    To old Drumsna I made my way,
    The aquatic sports to see.
    As I did pass I spied a lass,
    With her shoulder to the door.
    Down in Killbride she does reside.
    She's the beauty of Kilmore.
    II
    Her chin is whiter than the foam on the Bay of Biscay. O.
    Her cheeks are like the rose at home that in her garden grows.
    Her teeth are all unique and small.
    Like diamonds shining oer,
    And native thou art partial
    To the beauty of Kilmore
    III
    I have seen the Hebrew and the Dutch,
    The CHinese and Hindoo.
    The maids of Athens gifted much.
    But to give laudation due,
    I never have seen although I've been,
    On many a foreign shore.
    More gifts combined by Nature kind
    Than the Beauty of Kilmore
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Valentine Glancy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hillstreet, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Edward Glancy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hillstreet, Co. Roscommon