Patsy Fagan

DESCRIPTION: "I left my home in Ireland, 'twas many years ago... where the pigs and praties grow." "Hello, Patsy Fagan, you'll hear the girls all cry... You're a decent lad from Ireland." He hopes someone will marry him and accept him as a "decent boy"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs)
KEYWORDS: emigration courting farming
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs, p. 17, "The Patsy Fagan" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #22590
File: ScCol017

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