School: Ballyduff B. N. School
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Leathlobhair
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One eve of late I hapt to stray,
Down by a purling rill,
The salmon there did sport & play,
The doves did coo and bill.
The lovely lambkins sported round
Their dams they were enough,
But loveliest creature I saw there
Was "Kate of Ballyduff."II
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 love's cruel chain I now remain
With "Kate of Ballyduff."III
My brother bards may paint their dears
In melody's sweetest lay,
But here in pain poet's skill
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