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School: Mín Charraigeach (roll number 7188)

Location:
Meencargagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín Nic Ghiolla Uain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 184

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  1. An Old Ballad

    “As I went out walking one morning in May ...”

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    As I went out walking
    One morning in May
    To view the green fields
    And the meadow so gay
    The blackbirds sang merrily,
    Purling streams on each side,
    And the boys and the girls
    Sporting along the bogside.
    II
    My mind bent on rambling
    I passed Bishop’s Grove
    Where I and my true love
    Oftimes did rove;
    If she had been constant
    I’d have been constant still,
    For many a long evening
    We spent around the mill.
    III
    My love’s tall and handsome,
    She lives ‘neath the wall;
    For singing or dancing
    She exceeds them all;
    She gave me her hand
    Saying: “Married we’ll be,
    In sweet Londonderry
    (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
    Collector
    Maggie Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meencrumlin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Kelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Meencrumlin, Co. Donegal