Nil Mo Shlainte Ar Fonamh

DESCRIPTION: Gaelic. The singer is convinced by clergy to give up drink. He relapses and "finishes with a blast against the clergy."
AUTHOR: Pead Bui O Loinse (source: OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage drink clergy
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 104, "Nil Mo Shlainte Ar Fonamh" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Elizabeth Cronin, "Nil mo shlainte ar fonamh" (on IRECronin01)
NOTES [28 words]: The description follows the "English Summary" provided by OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin and Elizabeth Cronin's introduction to the song on her recording. - BS
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File: OCC104

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