Barney Blake

DESCRIPTION: "My name is Barney Blake, I'm a tearing Irish rake." He considers himself as good as anyone. He is courting Biddy Donahue. He met her at Pat O'Hare's wedding. Hearers are warned not to fool with Barney Blake the sailor
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1882 (Palles and Cusick's Sunburst of Ireland Songster)
KEYWORDS: courting love marriage
FOUND IN: Canada(Ont)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Vikár/Panagapka-SongsNorthWoodsSungByOJAbbott 36, "Barney Blake" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: (no author listed), _Palles and Cusick's Sunburst of Ireland Songster_, (New York:) William J. A. Lieder, 1882 (available in the Robert Winslow Gordon Songster collection at the Library of Congress), p. 16, "Barney Blake the Tailor" (1 text)
Roud #3828
File: AbFo036

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