School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mhathúna
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- (continued from previous page)Years passed, I grew, I worked my way,
My sweet young mistress on me doted,
She in the kitchen came one day,
And there she to the cook did say,
That I should be promoted.
She thought it wrong to have me thrust
In a dark kitchen underground,
Exposed to damp and dirt, and dust,
When better business could be found.
Heaven was her bed soon after this;
My kitchen clothes aside were laid,
Out through the park around the town,
And in the squares all up and down,
I marched with master and with miss,
A dressy children's maid;
Oh! then, the easy times I had,
My looks were gay, my heart was glad;
Of gowns I had full half a score,
With flounces, a yard deep or more,
All gathering 'round the tail.
And then I had a big straw bonnet,
That flapped and fluttered in the wind,
And there were heaps of ribbons on it
Tied up with knots of every kind.
I was a tidy girl to see,
My mistress took a pride in me.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kitty Cronin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolagh More, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr William Roberts
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Coolagh More, Co. Cork