Snowy-Breasted Pearl, The

DESCRIPTION: "There's a colleen fair as May, For a year and for a day I sought by every way Her heart to gain." He's tried everything, without luck. He would follow her to France or Spain. Don't condemn him for wanting his "snowy-breasted pearl"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love beauty courting rejection nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 182, "There's a Colleen Fair as May" (1 text)
Roud #22450
File: HMHS182C

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