Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, KITTY OF COLERAINE, by EDWARD LYSAGHT


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First Line: As beautiful kitty one morning was tripping
Last Line: The devil a pitcher was whole in coleraine.
Subject(s): Coleraine, Ireland; Women


As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping,
With a pitcher of milk from the fair of Coleraine,
When she saw me she stumbled, the pitcher it tumbled,
And all the sweet butter-milk watered the plain.

O, what shall I do now, 'twas looking at you now,
Sure, sure, such a pitcher I'll ne'er meet again,
'Twas the pride of my dairy, O, Barney M'Leary,
You're sent as a plague to the girls of Coleraine.

I sat down beside her,--and gently did chide her,
That such a misfortune should give her such pain,
A kiss then I gave her,--before I did leave her,
She vowed for such pleasure she'd break it again.

'Twas hay-making season, I can't tell the reason.
Misfortunes will never come single,--that's plain,
For, very soon after poor Kitty's disaster,
The devil a pitcher was whole in Coleraine.





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