Irish Jaunting Car, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, my name is Larry Doolin, I'm a native of the soil." The singer offers a day's diversion in his red-and-green jaunting car. He claims the Queen enjoyed his car, and the Lord Lieutenant recommended it. Others have enjoyed it a well
AUTHOR: unknown (New-Comic-Songster says "Composed by Valentine Vousden)
EARLIEST DATE: 1884 (Universal Irish Songster)
KEYWORDS: royalty travel
FOUND IN: US(MW) Ireland
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, pp. 42-43, "Do you want a car, Your Honour" (1 text)
Dean-FlyingCloud, pp. 115-116, "The Irish Jaunting Car" (1 text)
New-Comic-Songster, pp. 42-43, "The Irish Jaunting Car" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #6, p. 29, "The Irish Jaunting Car" (1 text)
Roud #5497
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Bonnie Blue Flag" (tune & meter) and references there
NOTES [39 words]: Not to be confused with Sam Henry's "My Irish Jaunting Car (The Irish Boy)."
Although I have not (yet) found a copy of this reliably dated before 1884, it must be older, since Harry McCarthy used the tune for "The Bonnie Blue Flag." - RBW
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File: Dean115B

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