“Mary of Sweet Belfast Town”
Description
The singer meets Mary. He asks why she frowns. Her lover has "gone over the main And I hear he is married." The singer reveals that he is her lover returned after seven years. They marry next morning and settle, with his riches, in Belfast.
Cross references
- cf. esp. "John (George) Riley (I)" [Laws N36] and references there
References
- Hayward-Ulster, pp. 70-71, "Mary of Sweet Belfast Town" (1 text)
- Hammond-Belfast, p. 55, "Mary of Sweet Belfast Town" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #6535
- BI, HayU070