School: Gleann Fleisge
- Location:
- Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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“In a stormy night in Winter”
In a stormy night in Winter
When the wind blew cold and wet
I heard some streams of music
Which I never can forget
I was sleeping in my cottage
Where lived Mary fair and young
When a light shone on the window
And a band of singers sung
We are coming sister Mary
We are coming by and by
Be you ready sister Mary
For the time is drawing nigh.
Then I tried to call my Mary
But my sorrow were complete
Till the song so strange had ended
And the singers blown away
Then I woke her from her slumber
And I told her everything.
But I could not guess the meaning of the song I heard them sing.
We are coming sister Mary
We are coming by and by
Be you ready sister Mary
For the time is drawing nigh.- Collector
- Shelia O Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Killaha, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs D. D. O Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Killaha, Co. Kerry