School: Clonaslee (C.) (roll number 16031)
- Location:
- Clonaslee, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0824, Page 255
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“A man named Denis graham used to go”
Song.
A man named Denis Graham used to go around making songs about people. He made this one and called it "The Rose of Kilmanman"
1
By the shores of Lake Annagh near sweet Clonaslee
There dwells a fair damsel and so lovely is she,
That the flowers of summer all glittering with dew
But reflects those sweet charms neath her bonnet of blue.
2
With a thrill of wild rapture I spied this colleen
As she gently approached me, like some fairy Queen
With her mantle wrapt round her of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Theresa Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenkeen Lower, Co. Laois