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School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer

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Knockerra, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 357

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    (continued from previous page)
    The missing murdured made
    XI
    Her bosom once so sparkling bright
    Was black with wounds and blows
    And from the cuts fresh blood gushed forth
    And trinkled through her clothes.
    XII
    The grave to prove this horrid deed
    It was a shocking sight
    To see the worms creeping through her eyes
    That once both blue and bright.
    XIII
    A knife revealed stuck in her side
    And to his grief and shame
    The gentlemen upon the haft
    Red James Mac Colla's name.
    XIV
    Sin did this deed Mac Colla cried
    My soul its food for hell
    O hide her cold corpse from my sight
    And its then the truth I'll tell
    XV
    O yes, I loved young Bessie long
    And by my cunning art
    I gained her to my vicious views.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English