School: Loughagar (roll number 5696)

Location:
Loughagar More, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Énrí Mac an Abba
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 408

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 408

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  1. The bee, the bat, the butterfly,
    The cuckoo, and the swallow,
    The corncrake put out his beak
    And bid them all good morrow.
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  3. The cuckoo comes in April
    She sings her song in May,
    She hums her tune in the end of June
    And in July she flys away.
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