School: Ballyline, Callan (roll number 14395)
- Location:
- Ballyline, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máire Nic Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 066
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- How much do I love thee sweetest Mother
Oh how can I tell it to thee
My love is as wide as the ocean,
My love is as deep as the sea,
As the rosebuds long for the rain drop
As the captive lark longs to be free,
AS the streamlet longs for the ocean -
So the heart of my child longs for thee.
- Collector
- Siobhán Ni Diarmada
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballyclovan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Pádraig Townsend
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Ballyclovan, Co. Kilkenny
- Mother, for thee my days I'll spend,
For when my life comes to its end,
What sorrow it would be!
To hear you ask "Is that you pet?"
And have to answer with regret -
"Ah no! it's only me. - But my heart with joy is throbbing
Mary, Queen of May
For there's nothing now but you
And my love is strong and true
Oh how much my heart loves you(continues on next page)
