Poor Dog Tray

DESCRIPTION: "On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blythe Irish lad was as happy as I," with harp and dog Tray. Sheelah bids him care for the dog when they part. The dog comforts him when he is old. The dog is dead and he can't go home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster)
KEYWORDS: river separation dog death
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 145, "On the banks of the Shannon when Shelagh was nigh" (1 fragment)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, pp. 73-74, "My Poor Dog Tray" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #3/72, p. 68 and #3/62, p. 46, "My Poor Dog Tray" (1 text)
Roud #2668
File: HMHS075B

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