“The Banks of the Tweed”

Description

Mary says that her Willie "plays on his flute" but he'd stop if he knew she were here. Willie meets her. She complains that she hasn't seen him recently. He proposes that they "straightway repair" "to the alter of Hymen" to "join hearts and hands"

Notes

Omitted from the description: Mary and Willie are both out tending their sheep. - BS

Recordings

  • Paddy Tunney, "The Banks of the Tweed" (on IRPTunney01)

References

  1. Tunney-SongsThunder, pp. 111-112, "The Banks of the Tweed" (1 text)
  2. BI, RcTBotT

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1952 (IRPTunney01)
Found in: Ireland