Miss Green

DESCRIPTION: Miss Green courted Sean O'Farrell. He left "for the love of old Ireland" and was greeted in New York by a band; he toasted the Yankees. Tomorrow she will follow him and they will marry. She hopes to return
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: courting marriage emigration America Ireland nonballad patriotic
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Munnelly/Deasy-TheMountCallanGarland-Tom-Lenihan 47, "Miss Green" (1 text, 1 tune)
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 127, "Sean O'Farrell" (1 text)
Roud #5236
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Green Mossy Banks of the Lea" [Laws O15] (tune, according Munnelly/Deasy-TheMountCallanGarland-Tom-Lenihan)
File: RcMisGre

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