Kilkenny Girl, The

DESCRIPTION: "It's a pleasure thus to have a thing 'Bout which a body loves to sing." Nothing -- not freedom to a patriot, not nuts to a hungry squirrel -- "are dear as my Kilkenny girl." He wishes he had [Thomas] Moore's pen to describe her. He will marry her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Rootle-Tum-Tootle-Tum-Tay-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love courting beauty animal poverty marriage
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rootle-Tum-Tootle-Tum-Tay-Songster, pp. 57-58, "My Sweet Kilkenny Girl" (1 text)
Roud #12867
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lazy Club" (tune)
File: RTTS057

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