Garnish

DESCRIPTION: The singer recalls "the days of my youth [when] I roamed down to the seashore, With my golden-haired Kathleen to Garnish white strand" In all his travels since none can compare with her. He wishes he might return. He knows she is waiting.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1978 (OCanainn-SongsOfCork)
KEYWORDS: homesickness love emigration separation
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCanainn-SongsOfCork, p. 57, "Garnish" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [9 words]: Garnish is an island in Bantry Bay in County Cork. - BS
File: OCan057

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