School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 12_063
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Amhránaí (continued)
“Once upon a time there lived a famous singing singer called”
(continued from previous page)One is young and beautiful,
And the other is bent and old,
One is my mother and the other
God bless her I love her,
And the other is my sweetheart,
My sweetheart is only a plain working girl,
To who I intend to be wed,
But my father said no,
It must not be so,
I must marry(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Heraty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Forkfield or Gowel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Tim Madden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo