School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)
- Location:
- Oldcastle, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire D. Ní Nualláin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 055
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- O Lady of Kinsa! dear girl of my heart;
With your teeth of cut pearl, where the crimson lips part,
And a breast o'er whose white hills with beauty aglow,
The blue veinlets wander like streams through the snow,
How proud is her glance, yet how kindly to all,
As they halt in the dance for my Belle of the Ball,
II
My Lady of Kinsa! How royal her grace,
Yet how bright and how gentle and winsome her face;
And her eyes, large and blue, are as soft as a fawn's,
And her smile is as genial as midsummer dawns,(continues on next page)
