Peasant's Bride, The (Thady and I)

DESCRIPTION: "I was a simple country girl." She loves Thady: "with hook or scythe, with plow or spade, He'd beat ten men together" They marry and many nobles "would gladly give a crown of gold To be like me and Thady."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1855 (Edward Hayes, The Ballads of Ireland (Boston, 1859), Vol II)
KEYWORDS: poverty love marriage
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, pp. 120,123, "The Peasant's Bride" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 153, "The Peasant's Bride" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Edward Hayes, The Ballads of Ireland (Boston, 1859), Vol II, p. 84, "The Peasant's Bride"
Roud #V13704
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.28(9a/b) view 7 of 8, "Thady and I", R. March & Co (London), 1877-1884
File: OCon120

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