The Young Colleen.

A young colleen warmly sings akin
To a bird across a vale of Donegal,
As she directs the cows of her father
To a field beyond a stone built wall.

Her name was Sheila on holidays from
A college in Derry where she studied,
History, English, and Mathematics…
With a future of teaching in mind.

The cows appear to like her because of
Their behaviour as they were driven
Along boreen after boreen in a vale
Of natural beauty and peace.

The main audience of the Colleen’s
Singing where animals and wildbirds
Although, here and there, a few farm
Workers stopped in response to her voice.

A happening observed or the product of
An imagination in love with the culture
Of a northern Irish county, its terrain and
People, as represented by a singing colleen.