Girleen Don't Be Idle

DESCRIPTION: Macaronic. "Girleen don't be idle, gather your ducks and mind 'em"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: farming nonballad bird
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 62, "Girleen Don't Be Idle" (1 text)
Roud #16244
RECORDINGS:
Elizabeth Cronin, "Girleen Don't Be Idle" (on IRECronin01)
NOTES [19 words]: The current description is quoted from the English part of the OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin jingle. - BS
Last updated in version 3.2
File: OCC062

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