The Bonny Young Irish Boy [Mercer]
Ballad about a girl abandonned by her lover. Describes the pleasures of their early courtship and how they parted. She vows to follow and find him and to marry no other. She also asks to be buried in Ireland. Mercer, 102; Laws P 26; Greanleaf, 1968: 192; Peacock, 1954:131; Peacock, 1965: 563
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1986
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/4373 |
| Summary: | Ballad about a girl abandonned by her lover. Describes the pleasures of their early courtship and how they parted. She vows to follow and find him and to marry no other. She also asks to be buried in Ireland. Mercer, 102; Laws P 26; Greanleaf, 1968: 192; Peacock, 1954:131; Peacock, 1965: 563 |
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