By the shortcut through the Rosses
A fairy girl I met,
I was taken by her beauty,
As a fish is in the net.


A fairy girl, she was so fair,( a fair man called to look at her)
So very fair was she,
With her hair as bright as the seaweed,
That flows in from the sea.

Hi. My name is Pat From South Ireland and as a very small child my Baby sitter would sing this to me but i dont think i ever heard it all im assuming i was asleep after verse two. Thanks for giving me all of this it brings back so many memories, as im now 58years old. I do remember verse two line one.