Swan (II), The

DESCRIPTION: Returning from Wexford the singer sees a girl "like a swan that floats o'er the ocean" who "often grieved my poor heart." She rejects his marriage proposal because "I've been promised ten years or more" to Reilly "in a foreign country"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 recording, Angelo Dornan)
KEYWORDS: courting rejection
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Creighton-MaritimeFolkSongs, p. 75, "The Swan" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #2709
RECORDINGS:
Angelo Dornan, 1954, "She's Like the Swan" (Helen Creighton Collection Folklife Audio reel 5740 Recording 2676 @ https://archives.novascotia.ca/creighton/audio/?Search=5740 )
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John (George) Riley (II)" [Laws N37] (lyrics) and notes there
NOTES [25 words]: Fragment of "O'Reilly from the County Leitrim." See the Note re SWAN for "John (George) Riley (II) [Laws N37]" in "The "'Young Riley' Family of Songs" - BS
Last updated in version 7.0
File: CrMa075

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography