“Terence's Farewell to Kathleen”

Description

"So, my Kathleen, you're going to leave me All alone by myself in this place." She is leaving Terence for England. He warns her against the deceitful men. He can't stop her going and when she returns "spaking such beautiful English" he "won't know" her

Notes

Broadside LOCSinging as113450: 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

According to [no author listed], _The Library of Irish Music_ (published by Amsco), the tune for this is "The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow." - RBW

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Harding B 11(3764), "Terence's Farewell", A. Ryle and Co. (London), 1845-1859; also Firth b.26(248), Harding B 26(638), Firth c.26(121), 2806 c.15(333), Harding B 11(3766), Harding B 11(3767), Firth c.13(267), Firth b.27(99), "Terence's Farewell"
• LOCSinging, as113450, "Terence's Farewell to Kathleen", H. De Marsan (New York), 1859-1860; also sb40522b, "Terence's Farewell to Kathleen"

References

1. O'Conor, p. 89, "Terence's Farewell to Kathleen" (1 text)
2. Roud #3826
3. BI, OCon089