School: Baile Dubh (C.) (roll number 2493)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Leathlobhair
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- Sweet Kate of BallyduffOne eve of late I hapt to stray,
Down by a purling rill
The salmon there did sport and play
The doves did coo and bill.
The lovely lambkins sported round
Their dams they were enough,
But the loveliest creature I saw there
Was "Kate of Ballyduff"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 loves cruel chains I now remain,
With "Kate of Ballyduff"My brother bards may paint their dears
In melody's sweetest lay,
But here in pain the poets skill
could in any form display,
Her beauty bright no pen can write
The painters are but stuff.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mrs J. Herbert
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry