Belles of Renous, The

DESCRIPTION: "Stay home with your mother, don't cause her to fret, And do not mix up with the downriver set." The girls of Renous look down at "a man dressed in homespun" and prefer "a dude from the city." The girls of Dungaren are the best at a ball.
AUTHOR: Joe Smith (1872-1912)
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Ives-FolksongsOfNewBrunswick)
KEYWORDS: dancing party humorous nonballad clothes
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-FolksongsOfNewBrunswick, pp. 164-167, "The Belles of Renous" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1964
File: IvNB164

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