“The Lucky Elopement”

Description

The singer drinks. He courts a girl whose mother calls him a drunkard. He elopes with the daughter to London where they are found and sent to Carrick Jail. At his trial for theft the daughter attests to his virtues, he is acquitted and they marry.

Notes

Broadside LOCSinging as108270 appears to be the same as Bodleian 2806 b.9(96) printed by P. Brereton (Dublin). - BS

Broadsides

  • Bodleian, 2806 b.9(96), "Luckey Elopement," P. Brereton (Dublin), c.1867
  • LOCSinging, as108270, "Luckey Elopement," P. Brereton (Dublin), 19C

References

  1. OLochlainn 43, "The Lucky Elopement" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #2559
  3. BI, OLoc043

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1939 (OLochlainn); c.1867 (broadside, Bodleian 2806 b.9(96))
Found in: Ireland