Connla

DESCRIPTION: In Irish Gaelic; dialog; woman asks, "Who's that down there tapping the window?", "...kindling the fire?", "...drawing the blanket off me?", "...breaking down fences?". In every case the reply is "'It's I, myself', says Connla"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (recording, Mary Joyce)
KEYWORDS: sex dialog foreignlanguage
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
DT, CUNNLDR
ADDITIONAL: _Sing Out_ magazine, Volume 24, #4 (1975), p, 21, "Cunnla" (2 texts, 1 Gaelic, 1 Engish, 1 tune, as sung by Joe Heaney)
RECORDINGS:
Mary Joyce, "Connla" (on Lomax42, LomaxCD1742)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Cunnla
NOTES [14 words]: I haven't used the keyword "bawdy", despite the subject matter, because it isn't. - PJS
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File: DTcunnld

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