Rose of Killarney

DESCRIPTION: "Oh! promise to meet me where twilight is falling." A love lyric to the "sweetest and fairest of Erin's fair daughters, Dear rose of Killarney, Mavourneen Asthore."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland)
KEYWORDS: love lyric nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Creighton-FolksongsFromSouthernNewBrunswick 18, "Sweet Rose of Killarney" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, p. 142, "Rose of Killarney" (1 text)
Roud #2788
NOTES [37 words]: There is another "Rose of Killarney" song, "Through Erin's green and bonny isle, From Coleraine to Killarney's waters," found e.g. in Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster (p. 200). I have no evidence that it is traditional. - RBW
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File: CrSNB018

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