Lackagh Bawn

DESCRIPTION: The singer hears Dan complain to Kate's father: Kate forsook him for a farmer in Lackagh Bawn. The father and Kate just laugh. Singer proposes he and Dan fight the farmer, or consider other girls. Dan agrees: "they won't be laughing, I'll let them see"
AUTHOR: Sean O Tuama (Johnny Nora Aodha) (source: OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: courting rejection farming fishing
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 79, "Lackagh Bawn" (1 text)
Roud #16248
File: OCC079

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