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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

Location:
Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 445

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  1. An Old Song

    “One summers evening, where at my leisure”

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    One summers evening, wherat my leisure
    For sport and pleasure I was bent for fun
    I roamed the fields and mossy hills
    When pinions yielded to my dog and gun.
    The charms of nature they were engaging
    The grouse and pheasant was on the wing
    Down by yon bramble as I did ramble
    Where thrushes warble and blackbirds sing
    I seemed ? , till I got excited
    By the Cruel vipers who in ambush lay
    My heart increasing with amazing perambulations
    I took so very long upon my way
    (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
    Mary T. Gilbane
    Gender
    Female