School: Cnoc an Bhile, Upton (roll number 4152)

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   “One Summers morning early as over the fields I stayed.”

   

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   I saw a charming creature whose features did me amaze
   She sang a song so sweetly so queenly as she moved along
   I thought she was an angel ranging those fields along

   And on her lily hand a can did this maiden hold,
   With light and lively paces she hastened into a fold
   A hind, whose paps were flowing for milking maids who came
   With this adorned one to load up their shining pails.

   Her apparel was simple expensive and well arrayed
   She is affable and civil both gentle and well behaved
   Of parents well descended and kindred my love can claim
   Of chieftains long lamented

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Richard Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Upton, Co. Cork