“Smeara, Na (The Blackberries)”

Description

Singer, "with a wish for every woman": loved "a dark-eyed damsel" while "herding horny cows"; was engaged to Peg O'Doherty who "vanished with a vagabond"; hit on a widow who "nearly scalded me." He loves a girl among the blackberries at harvest time.

References

  1. Tunney-SongsThunder, pp. 9-11, "The Blackberries" (1 text)
  2. BI, TST009

About

Author: J.P. Craig [in Gaelic] (source: Tunney-SongsThunder)
Earliest date: 1948 (Tunney-SongsThunder)
Found in: Ireland