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School: Cill Moibhí (C)

Location:
Kilmovee, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0114, Page 286

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    I did the deed young Covan cries
    My soul lies burnt in hell
    Oh hide her cold corpse from my sight
    And I the truth will tell
    Oh yes I loved Eliza a long
    And by a villans art
    I gained her to my vicious views
    And truimphed oer her heart
    The knife that did my dinner cut
    I plunged into her breast
    And with the haft I knocked her down
    I need not tell the rest
    And there he stood and looked a while
    A terrible look of pain
    He took a pistol from his breast
    And fired it through his brain
    For he was buried where he fell
    No Christian grave got he
    No prioest was found to bless the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bea Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncarha, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Kilcashel, Co. Mayo