Little Brigid Flynn

DESCRIPTION: "I've a nice slated house and a cow or two at grass"; a bachelor's life is "easy and he's free" -- but no one is looking after him. His father says he should find a girl. He wishes "Little Brigid Flynn" would "come and have an eye to me"
AUTHOR: Percy French (1854-1920) (source: Healy)
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Healy)
KEYWORDS: love home father courting
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
DT, BRIDFLYN*
ADDITIONAL: James N. Healy, editor, _The Songs of Percy French_, 1955-1962, revised edition 1986; I use the 1996 Ossian paperback, pp. 28-29, "Little Brigid Flynn" (1 text, 1 tune)
James N. Healy, _Percy French and His Songs_, The Mercier Press, 1966, p. 92, "Little Brigid Flynn" (1 text, partial tune)
Roud #39674
NOTES [34 words]: There is no reason to think this particular Percy French song was ever traditional. But it was recorded by the Irish Rovers, so I put it here specifically so people can know of its non-traditionality. - RBW
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