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School: Lackamore, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 2428)

Location:
Lackamore, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean an Diolúnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0540, Page 053

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  1. Mary from Murroe

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    I
    It's here at home in Lackamore,
    I take my pen to write.
    A lover in my bosom,
    Where Mary takes her flight
    It was in a flowering garden
    A man of power there grew
    Till I came one day to court a dame
    She was a maiden from Murroe.
    II
    Do you remember the shade
    The Wood-Cock and the Pheasant
    Came fluttering through each brake
    Our enemies stood on the road
    But us they could not view
    It was then I kissed the ruby lips
    Of my Mary from Murroe
    III
    It was the eve of a funeral
    At the Cross above the forge.
    It was there I spied my Mary,
    and she coming down the road
    But oh alas our day was passed,
    Her mother came in view .
    And I had to quit down by the spit,
    With my Mary from Murroe.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meentolla, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Michael O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Meentolla, Co. Limerick