“Mrs Mulligan, the Pride of the Coombe”
Description
"I am a scrap of a widow" from the Coombe in Dublin. She has had a room and stall, selling fruit, sweets and second-hand clothes, for (35) years. "And where would you see a nate widow like me, Mrs Mulligan, the Pride of the Coombe?"
Notes
Harte declares this a relatively recent song, made famous by Jimmy O'Dea, who acted the character of Biddy. He does not say that O'Dea wrote the song, but it seems not impossible. - RBW
References
- OLochlainn, p. 230, "Mrs Mulligan, the Pride of the Coombe" (1 text)
- DT, BIDDYMUL*
- ADDITIONAL: Frank Harte _Songs of Dublin_, second edition, Ossian, 1993, pp. 10-11, "Biddy Mulligan" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #16250
- BI, OLoc230A