Cushla Ma Chree

DESCRIPTION: "Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises! -- An emerald set in the ring of the sea!" "Thou queen of the west! the world's cushla ma chree!" It welcomes strangers. The singer hopes it will flourish even though he is in exile
AUTHOR: probably John Philpot Curran (source: poetrynook.com) (credited to "T. Cooke" in one sheet music edition, but this might be the conposer or the arranger)
EARLIEST DATE: 1826 (Universal Songster)
KEYWORDS: Ireland home separation nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
JennieEngelsDearLittleShamrockSongster, p. 60, "Cushlamachree" (1 text)
Roud #34914
NOTES [37 words]: There is another song called Cushla Machree, beginning "You vowed when we parted you'd soon be returning"; it is credited to Wilfrid Mills (words) and Joseph H. Adams. But it was not written until decades after this song. - RBW
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File: JECushla

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