Beautiful Mary from Sweet Limerick Town

DESCRIPTION: "One morning in July alone as I strayed By the banks of the Shannon I met a fair maid." She is so beautiful that he must court her, but she bids him "forbear"; she loves a sailor. He reveals himself as her missing sailor; they marry
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love disguise separation reunion sailor marriage
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 179, "Mary of Limerick Town" (1 text)
Roud #9262
File: HMHS179C

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