Maid of Castle Craigh, The

DESCRIPTION: When the singer left Ireland to fight in the wars he had loved his "Maid of Castle Craigh" but thought she did not love him. Somehow, in the three years passed, he learned "that I had won thy gentle heart." The war is over and he has returned to her.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland)
KEYWORDS: love war separation return Ireland
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads 72, "The Maid of Castlecraig" (1 text, 1 tune)
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, p. 146, "The Maid of Castle Craigh" (1 text)
Roud #39316
File: OLcM072

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