School: Corravacan
- Location:
- Corravacan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0945, Page 019
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No costly robes dyed in foreign counties,
No embroidered headgear she then did wear,
No Spanish shoes nor silken hose
But her feet upon the silvery dew lay bare.
But poverty can't eclipse the beauty
Which kind nature did freely crown
Pardon me ladies, but it is my duty
To Extol the Maid of Rockcorry Town.V
David never would have betrayed Uria
Had he seen her before he viewed his wife
Or had valiant Jason but once beheld her,
In the Golden Fleece would never have risked his life
Now would Prince Paris have Stolen Queen Helen
And brought the vengeance of Greece all down
Upon those brave but unhappy Trogans
Had he seen the Maid of Rockcorry Town.VI
Oh were I a King or a mighty emperor
With valiant armies at my command
Or was I master of all the Treasure
Was ever gained by sea or land
Or was I owner of the gold of Owe
Without reluctance I'd leave it down
And freely range this wide world over
With the blooming Maid of Rockcorry Town.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Conláin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rockcorry, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr John Gavney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Tanmacnally, Co. Monaghan
