Provincial Characteristics
DESCRIPTION: "A Connaught man Gets all that he can ... bully and batter ...." "A Munster man Is civil by plan ... to cheat you." "An Ulster man Ever means to trepan ... insolence ...." "A Leinster man Is with all cup and can ... calls t'other provinces knaves"
AUTHOR: Dr John Brenan (source: Croker-PopularSongsOfIreland)
EARLIEST DATE: between 1812 and 1825 (_The Milesian Magazine; or, Irish Monthly Gleaner_, according to Croker-PopularSongsOfIreland)
KEYWORDS: Ireland humorous nonballad
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Croker-PopularSongsOfIreland, pp. 125-126, "Provincial Characteristics" (1 text)
File: CrPS125
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