William and Mary's Farewell to Ireland

DESCRIPTION: Willy is leaving Ireland and Mary for America. If he would wait a season, she says, she would go with him. He refuses, saying he'll return with gold and take her to America. She says she'll elope with him now. He agrees, they marry and go to America.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Morton/Maguire-ComeDayGoDayGodSendSunday); c.1850 (broadside, Bodleian 2806 c.16(129))
KEYWORDS: courting elopement marriage emigration America Ireland dialog
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Morton/Maguire-ComeDayGoDayGodSendSunday 19, pp. 44-45,110,164, "My Charming Mary" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 87, "The Emigrant's Farewell" (1 text, which seems to have lost much of the plot)
Roud #2900
RECORDINGS:
John Maguire, "My Charming Mary" (on IRJMaguire01)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, 2806 c.16(129), "The Emigrant's Farewell" ("Farewell dear Erin, I now must leave you"), J.O. Bebbington (Manchester), c.1850; also 2806 b.10(88), Harding B 19(59)[some words illegible], 2806 b.9(242), Harding B 19(91), 2806 c.15(70)[almost entirely illegible], "The Emigrant's Farewell"; 2806 c.8(123), Harding B 26(680), "William and Mary's Farewell to Ireland"
Murray, Mu23-y1:109, "The Emigrant's Farewell to Ireland," James Lindsay (Glasgow), 19C
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Anach Cuain" (tune,according to notes to IRJMaguire01)
File: MoMa019

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