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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 185

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  1. The Mantle of Green

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    As I was a - walking one morning in June.
    To view the gay fields and meadows in bloom,
    I espied a young female, she appeared like a queen,
    With costly fine robes, and a mantle of green.
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    I stood in amaze and gazed with surprise;
    I thought her an angel just fell from the skies;
    Her eyes shone like diamonds, her cheeks like the roses,
    She is one of the fairest that Nature composes.
    3
    I said "My lovely fair one, if you will agree;
    We will join in wedlock and married you will be;
    I'll dress you in rich attire, you'll appear like a queen,
    With costly fine robes around your mantle of green."
    4
    She quickly made answer, "I must be excused
    For I'll wed with no man, so you must be refused,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Minnie Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballydehob, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Guard Moloney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    36
    Address
    Ballydehob, Co. Cork