School: Greaghrahan
- Location:
- Greaghrahan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 250
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- I
One morning in May, when primroses sprang gay,
And the valleys lay sparkling around;
The birds, on each tree, sang a sweet melody,
They charmed the air with a sound;
My mind free from care, I had some time to spare,
And my blood danced in every vein
With my heart full og glee, I was lent on a spree,
And I went to see Lovely Drumlane.
II
It was nigh to a grave, where fond lovers do rove,
As the rose tipped the bright dews of morn,
'Neath a blooming sweet shade, I espied a fairmaid,
Sitting under a snowy whitethorn.
As she rose from the ground, where she sat herself down
She bedewed the cold earth with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Dermody
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cranaghan, Co. Cavan
