Kate Murray

DESCRIPTION: The singer is in love with Kate Murray, "a warm lively girl with the love in her eye." He describes her as beautiful with a heart "as pure as the heart of a saint; Oh, you'll not find a colyeen so lovely as she From Ballinacargy to Donaghadee"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Hayward-UlsterSongsAndBalladsOfTheTownAndCountry)
KEYWORDS: love beauty nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hayward-UlsterSongsAndBalladsOfTheTownAndCountry, p. 79, "Kate Murray" (1 text)
Roud #6539
NOTES [15 words]: Ballinacargy is in County Westmeath, Leinster. Donaghadee is in County Down, Ulster. - BS.
File: HayU079

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