School: Cnoc Bríde (1)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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You maidens all both great and small
Come listen unto me
Till I relate the hardships great
Of my sad misery
I was courted by a comely lad
That left me very soon
A broken hearted maiden
On the hills of Magheracloone.
2
There was many the summer evening
Beneath the hawthorn tree
When listening to his merry tales
Of innocence and glee
But now also those faltering words
Had nearly proved my ruin
And left me broken hearted
On the hills of Magheracloone.
3
The winter its now past and gone
The spring is drawing near
Its with the tomb my heart has grown
Both grim and sincere(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Drumeague, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- James Mc Intyre
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Corravilla, Co. Cavan