“Farewell to the Banks of the Roe”
Description
The singer, dying, recalls the "land where the shamrock grows green" and "Mary with snowy white bosom." He lists all the things he enjoyed in Ireland which he cannot do in his new home. He bids farewell to all these lost joys
Cross references
- cf. "Scarborough Settler's Lament" (theme) and references there
References
- SHenry H791, p. 218, "Farewell to the Banks of the Roe" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, HHH791