My Heart's in Old Ireland

DESCRIPTION: ""My bark on the billow dashed gloriously on, And glad were the noted of the sailor-boy's song," but the singer is sad, "For my heart's in old Ireland wherever I go." He recalls its beauties, and vows never to leave leave if he ever returns to his cottage
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (Dime-Song-Book #3)
KEYWORDS: home Ireland ship exile
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 15, "My Heart's in Old Ireland" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #3/72, p. 12 and #3/62, p. 10, "My Heart's in Old Ireland" (1 text)
Roud #25090
File: HMHS015A

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