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School: Baile Dubh (C.) (roll number 2493)

Location:
An Baile Dubh, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Leathlobhair
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  1. Sweet Kate of Ballyduff

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    Sweet Kate of Ballyduff
    One eve of late I hapt to stray,
    Down by a purling rill
    The salmon there did sport and play
    The doves did coo and bill.
    The lovely lambkins sported round
    Their dams they were enough,
    But the loveliest creature I saw there
    Was "Kate of Ballyduff"
    I will not praise her amber locks,
    Or yet her figure neat,
    Her rosy cheeks, her honeyed lips,
    Her graceful form and feet,
    Her snow white bosom met my gaze
    I saw and 'twas enough
    In loves cruel chains I now remain,
    With "Kate of Ballyduff"
    My brother bards may paint their dears
    In melody's sweetest lay,
    But here in pain the poets skill
    could in any form display,
    Her beauty bright no pen can write
    The painters are but stuff.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. filíocht
        1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs J. Herbert
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Baile Dubh, Co. Chiarraí