Do Thugas Gra Cleibh Duit

DESCRIPTION: Gaelic. "A young man asks a woman's hand in marriage, but she has heard her mother disparaging him. He denies the mother's charges of excessive drinking and music-making in pubs, and promises to change his ways and settle down, but she is not persuaded."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage courting marriage rejection drink music mother
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 53, "Do Thugas Gra Cleibh Duit" (2 texts, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Elizabeth Cronin, "Do Thugas Gra Cleibh Duit" (on IRECronin01)
NOTES [36 words]: The description follows the "English Summary" provided by OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin.
Oisin's tune for "The Cow Ate the Piper" is very close to Elizabeth Cronin's tune for "Do Thugas Gra Cleibh Duit" - BS
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File: OCC053

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