Mary of Tipperary

DESCRIPTION: "From sweet Tipperary See light-hearted Mary, Her step, like a fairy, scarce ruffles the dew." She is barefoot like Venus or Cupid, and that is better than clothing her in silk. Her natural beauty would be spoiled by fashion
AUTHOR: Samuel Lover (source: sheet music in the Levy collection)
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (LoversIrishSongs)
KEYWORDS: beauty clothes
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
LoversIrishSongs, pp. 65-66, "Mary of Tipperary" (1 text)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 197, "Mary of Tipperary" (1 text)
Roud #40223
File: LoIS065

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