Paistin Fionn

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, my fair Paisteen is my heart's delight, Her gay heart laughs in her blue eye bright." If he were in town with her on his knee, he would drink to her. He waited for her for nine nights; he will never abandon her "Till I lie in the coffin stretched."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love death drink nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 49, "Pastheen Fion" (1 text)
Roud #32889
File: HMHS049A

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