My Mary of the Curling Hair

DESCRIPTION: "My Mary of the curling hair, The laughing teeth and bashful air, Our bridal morn is dawning fair." They have been close since infancy. Even so, "My cheek is pale and wan for you," but now all is ending happily
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1873 (Colleen Bawn Songster)
KEYWORDS: love marriage hair
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 68, "Mary of the Curling Hair" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Colleen Bawn Songster, Robert M. DeWill, 1873 (available in the Robert Winslow Gordon songster collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress online), p. 6, "My Mary of the Curling Hair" (1 text)
Roud #22751
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Shule Agra (Shool Aroo[n], Buttermilk Hill, Johnny's Gone for a Soldier)" (lyrics)
File: HMHS068A

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