“Mowing the Hay”
Description
Singer goes to Dublin to hire to mow hay. He is hired by a farmer for one thousand a year. He apparently meets a girl and gets consent of "daddy and mammy." They marry and "Whilst the money it will hold out, We'll make the old-tap-room shake"
Cross references
- cf. "The Mower" (subject)
Recordings
- Andy Cash, "Mowing the Hay" (on IRTravellers01)
References
- Roud #16878
- BI, RcMowtHa