“Sweet Kingwilliamstown”

Description

An exile from Kingwilliamstown sails away, thinking about "childhood's days and happy hours ... old home and the friends so dear." "Shall I no more gaze on that shore or view those mountains high?"

Notes

OCanainn: "Kingwilliamstown is the name by which Ballydesmond, near the Cork-Kerry border, was formerly known." - BS

References

  1. OCanainn, p. 67, "Sweet Kingwilliamstown" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. BI, OCan067

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1978 (OCanainn)
Found in: Ireland