School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 125
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Have you heard the waters singing
Little May,
Where the willows green are bending
Oer their way:
Do you know how low and sweet
O'er the pebbles at their feet,
Are the words the waves repeat,
Night and Day?
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Have you heard the robins singing
Little One,
When the rosy dawn is breaking,
When 'tis done?
Have you heard the wooing breeze,
In the blossomed orchard trees,
And the drowsy hum of bees,
In the sun?
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All the earth is full of music,
Little May,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Kitty Whyte
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
