“The Emigrant (I)”
Description
"At dawn of the morning the ship shall be sailing That takes me away from the land of my birth ... It's nought but oppression that tears us asunder." He bids farewell to the dances, colleens, and stories.
Notes
Ranson: "This song is popular all over the county." - BS
(Given how few the reports of it are, I rather suspect Ranson is confusing this with one of the oh-so-many-other emigrant songs. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Irish Emigrant's Lament" (plot)
References
- Ranson, pp. 16-17, "The Emigrant" (1 text, 2 tunes)
- Roud #7353
- BI, Ran016