“Ould Ireland, You're My Darlin'”
Description
"Ould Ireland, you're my jewel sure." The singer blesses "each manly son... But hang the knave and dastard slave So base as to deny thee." He pledges "a love that ne'er can perish."
Notes
Broadside Bodleian Harding B 18(388): H. De Marsan dating per _Studying Nineteenth-Century Popular Song_ by Paul Charosh in American Music, Winter 1997, Vol 15.4, Table 1, available at FindArticles site. - BS
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Harding B 18(388), "Ould Ireland You're My Darlin'", H. De Marsan (New York), 1861-1864
References
- O'Conor, p. 126, "Ould Ireland, You're My Darlin'" (1 text)
- BI, OCon126