“Misses Limerick, Kerry and Clare”
Description
Three girls civilly compare their county's heroes. "The Limerick people, they were never beaten." Kerry and Clare both claim O'Connell, "that great Lib'rator." Limerick also claims O'Connell: "we have his staue as well as ye" and Parnell besides.
Notes
For Daniel O'Connell, see Daniel O'Connell (I) and the myriad songs cross-referenced there; for Charles Stewart Parnell, see notably "We Won't Let Our Leader Run Down." - RBW
Recordings
- Tom Lenihan, "Misses Limerick, Kerry and Clare" (on IRTLenihan01)
References
- Munnelly/Deasy-Lenihan 24, "Misses Limerick, Kerry and Clare" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- Roud #5223
- BI, RcMLiKCl