School: Tulach Mór (Clochar na Trócaire)
- Location:
- Tullamore, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 010
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- (continued from previous page)The maids of France are fair and free
But they love not deep or long
And the dark eyed dames of Italy
Inspire much classic song.But I've seen these dames and I can say
And all can say who roam
Their beauty lacks the modest grace
of the girls we see at home.A lovely daughter of our isle
Are famous everywhere
But the sweet maids of the Meelaghans
Are fairest of the fair.
The Crossroad Dancing StageHow the boys and girls from adjacent abodes
Flocked round me in crowds at a certain cross-roads
In the sweet summer eves when the landscape was gay
With the wealth of wild bloom in the rich lap of May
And they danced in such glee that my solid old breast(continues on next page)
