“Who is the Lady?”

Description

Dan'l Mooney's father died and left him money if, the will said, he would marry. He sees a lady and thinks "if she would only wed me I'd be happy." He'd give her diamonds, they'd go to Ireland, they'd have a baby boy who'd become "just like his old Papa"

Notes

Munnelly/Deasy-Lenihan: "American music-hall whimsey." - BS

Recordings

  • Tom Lenihan, "Who is the Lady?" (on IRTLenihan01)

References

  1. Munnelly/Deasy-Lenihan 7, "Who is the Lady?" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #5227
  3. BI, RcWITLad

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1972 (Munnelly/Deasy-Lenihan)
Found in: Ireland