Lovely River Finn, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer recalls school days in Downrye by the river. He "fished for perch and trawled for pike." "Now I'm getting old and grey" and soon his bones will lie in Connon's church graveyard.
AUTHOR: John McKiernan (source: Steiner01)
EARLIEST DATE: 2012 (Steiner01)
KEYWORDS: age death fishing nonballad youth
FOUND IN: Ireland
Roud #22114
RECORDINGS:
Marge Steiner, "The Lovely River Finn" (on Steiner01)
File: RcTLRFi

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