Kintyre Love Song, A

DESCRIPTION: "Like the violets in spring, like the lark on the wing... so sweet is she." The singer uses similar imagery to illustrate that "so fair is she," "so kind is she," "so dear is she."
AUTHOR: Words: James Hamish Dall Mactaggart
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sam Henry collection)
KEYWORDS: beauty nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Henry/Huntingdon/Herrmann-SamHenrysSongsOfThePeople H195, p. 234, "A Kintyre Love Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9468
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ned of the Hill" (tune)
File: HHH195

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