School: Cill Moibhí (C)
- Location:
- Kilmovee, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)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)- Collector
- Bea Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooncarha, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Kilcashel, Co. Mayo