School: Killallon (roll number 5207)
- Location:
- Boherard, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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Local Songs
“In blooming May when flowers were gay”
In blooming May when flowers were gay
Rural swains and beauteous dames
Together did assemble
Bereft of care I wandered where
The merry pipes so funny
Made youth advance to join the dance
when I beheld my JohnnyHis hair was brown above His brow
As white as winter snow
His eyes were bluer than the skies
When summer breezes blow
But Oh! his voice would make rejoice
A heart though full of care
But soon I knew how little worth
Were love and promise fair. One evening late I chanced to stray
Down by a low plantation
And there my Johnny I espied
With Kate in conversation
And there they were love making there(continues on next page)- Collector
- Phil Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Briody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughanderg, Co. Meath