School: Kilcormac (Mercy Convent)
- Location:
- Cill Chormaic, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: Sr M. Finghín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 020
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- (continued from previous page)that thrills.
As she sang the dear songs of her own native hills.
On her cheeks was a bloom like the roses of May.
Loved Amelia the Songster,
The bright star of "Ray"But her heart now is still, they have laid her to rest,
By the old ivied wall near the home she loved best,
And with her is sleeping a true son of fame.
the bard and the scholar who gave her a name.
For he was her sponsor, and she was a Queen.
And the two loved the land of the harp and the green.
She will never forget while for him she shall pray.
Famed Amelia the Songster,
The bright star of Ray.
- Collector
- May Gath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Chormaic, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
