“I'm a Tight Little Irishman”

Description

"Tight Little Irishman" Larry O'Broom does well enough on his father's inheritance until he marries a wife, who abuses him and apparently bankrupts him

Supplemental text

I'm a Tight Little Irishman
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From Mary O. Eddy, Ballads and Songs from Ohio, #144, p. 310.
From Mrs. Robert R. Cox, Steubenville, Ohio.

I'm a tight little Irishman born and bread,
And me name it is Larry O'Broome, sir,
Me father he died and left me all he had,
It was an old pig and a loom, sir.
This did very well for a very short space,
Till I married a wife who soon altered me case,
She blackened me eyes and she spit in me face;
It was tight times for Larry O'Broome, sir.

References

1. Eddy 144, "I'm a Tight Little Irishman" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
2. ST E144 (Full)
3. Roud #5344
4. BI, E144