“Girls of the Shamrock Shore”
Description
"It being in the spring when the small birds sing And the lambs do sport and play, I entered as a passenger To New South Wales sailed o'er...." Sentenced to transportation for fourteen years, the singer bids farewell to the girls of the Shamrock Shore
Cross references
- cf. "Van Dieman's Land (II -- Young Henry's Downfall)" (floating lyrics)
- cf. cf. "Scarborough Settler's Lament" (theme) and references there
- cf. "The Shamrock Shore (The Maid of Mullaghmore)" (theme of separation -- not transportation -- and one verse)
References
- Meredith/Anderson, p. 171, "The Girls of the Shamrock Shore" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Fahey-Eureka, pp. 40-41, "The Girls of the Shamrock Shore" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, GIRLSHAM*
- Roud #3365
- BI, MA171