“Killarney”
Description
"By Killarney's lakes and fells" the singer describes "that Eden of the West; Beauty's home, Killarney": "Innisfallen's ruined shrine... Castle Lough and Glenna Bay, Mountains Tore and Eagle's Nest." Sights that "charm the eye," "each sound a harmony"
Notes
This is credited to Falconer in Ralph L. Woods's _A Second Treasury of the Familiar_." On the other hand, the uncredited book _The Library of Irish Music_ (published by Amsco musoc) says the words are by Edmund O'Rourke and music by Michael William Balfe. - RBW
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Firth c.26(71), "Killarney", T. Pearson (Manchester), 1850-1899; also Harding B 12(207), 2806 c.16(219), "Killarney"
References
- O'Conor, p. 81, "Killarney" (1 text)
- BI, OCon081