Buachaill Na Gruaige Brea Bui

DESCRIPTION: Singer meets a crying maiden. She says she once loved a boy from Tralee and she would "give all the riches in North Germany" for one of his kisses. He reveals that he is that boy and asks her to marry. She agrees. They marry and go to Tralee.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: courting love marriage reunion separation Ireland
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 34, "Buachaill Na Gruaige Brea Bui" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [13 words]: The title may translate as something like "lad with the fine yellow hair." - BS
Last updated in version 3.2
File: OCC034

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