School: Cill Chóirne (C.) (roll number 8829)
- Location:
- Kilcorney, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0325, Page 195
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- (continued from previous page)Oft I sat on the green
With my blue eyed cailín.
As fair a young lass as was there.
And I as lighthearted as any young lad.
Who knew neither trouble nor care.
Chorus.
When the dancing was o'er
We would stray through the groves
Each lad with his lassie in bloom
So I loved once again
To behold that domain
Mount Massey the flower of Macroom.
Chorus
So now I must rove
From my own native shore
And sail o'er the wild raging seas
And leave friends behind
Both loving + kind
And the cailín who dearly loved me.
Chorus
Then farewell to the grove
Where so often I roved.
And plucked the sweet violets in bloom
For the land of my birth
There's no equal on earth
With Mount Massey the flower of Macroom.
End.
