No, My Love, No (Paddy Shannon)

DESCRIPTION: Paddy Shannon comes to court the Widow Wilkins, "whom he courted for her money." He stands below her window and asks her to marry; she says, "No, My Love, No." He says it is horrid to refuse him; he needs her money. She tells him, "Go, my love, go."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1839 (The Shamrock)
KEYWORDS: love courting rejection | widow
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Jackson-EarlySongsOfUncleSam, pp, 171-172, "Paddy Shannon" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: (no author listed), _The Shamrock: A Collection of Irish Songs_, Atkinson & Co (Glasgow), 1830 (available at National Library of Scotland site), pp. 54-55, "Paddy Shannon" (1 text)
Roud #23110
NOTES [38 words]: Early prints of this declare that it is "Written By an Amateur Expressly for Mr. Johnstone, and sung by him at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with unbounded applause, in Mr. Cumberland's new opera of 'The Jews of Mogadore.'" - RBW
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