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School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)

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Mountrath, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 342

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  1. Bouchelleen Bawn

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    Oh, pray have you heard of my Bouchelleen Bawn?
    Can you tell me at all of my Bauchelleen Bawn?
    Have you come by the "rath" on the hill of Kock-awn:
    Or what can you tell of my Bouchelleen Bawn?
    The pulse of my heart was my Bouchelleen Bawn;
    The light of my eyes was my Bouchelleen Bawn.
    From Dinan's red wave to the tower of Kilvawn,
    You'd not meet the like of my Bouchelleen Bawn!
    The time I sow my own Bouchelleen Bawn,
    'Twas a Midsummers eve on the fair-green of Bawn
    He danced at the "Baal-fire" as light as a fawn
    And away went my heart with my
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