“The Pup from Claodach”
Description
Irish and English. The borrowed pup was so badly treated, poorly fed, homesick, and unhappy that it broke its chain and ran home, crossing "those bleak and barren ranges of Claodach"
Notes
OCanainn: [The song] "concerns a pup that was loaned to the McCarthys of Claodach, which is just over the [Cork] county bounds.... It seems that the animal was not well treated by the McCarthys and both they and Claodach come in for a fair amount of criticism in the song." - BS
References
- OCanainn, pp. 94-95, "Pup from Claodach, The" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, OCan094