Doctor Blair Was a Man of Skill
DESCRIPTION: Dr Blair was a man of skill, He built his castle on a hill; He set four statues in the front, And every morning went to hunt. From his castle you may see Up and down along the Lee"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1839 (Croker-PopularSongsOfIreland)
KEYWORDS: doctor home hunting
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Croker-PopularSongsOfIreland, p. 161, "Dr Blair Was a Man of Skill" (1 fragment)
NOTES [37 words]: Croker-PopularSongsOfIreland: "So says an old song. This Dr Blair was a Scotch physician, who settled in Cork about the middle of the last century." The current description is all of the Croker-PopularSongsOfIreland text.- BS
File: CrPS161
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