School: Gleann
- Location:
- Glan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1128, Page 045
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On Sunday when each lively boy
Would step the horn pipe
Those jigs and reels they did enjoy
And dance with keen delight
¨"Follow me down to Carlow"
The winsome "Bonny Kate"
"The wind that shook the barley grain"
"The pigeon on the gate".
VI
Their sports were on the velvet green
And down the river side.
The football match, the hurling team
The crowds from far and wide
The manly boys came down the hills
For dancing in the dell
The colleens fair came o'er the glens
Of lovely heather bell.
VII
The crowds would join "the country dance".
When Sunday sport was o'er
The leading pair were lovely Nance
And Jack from Poll an Óir
The evening breeze was cool and grand
The violin music sweet(continues on next page)
