Dark Moll of the Valley

DESCRIPTION: "My heart loves to dally With Dark Moll of the valley, No blame nor shame she had ever." Men from all over seek her. He would choose no other. He will call on her soon; "Far better than be here, Under grief, under fear, in Erin"
AUTHOR: Translated by Douglas Hyde
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (Hyde, Abhráin grádh chúige Connacht)
KEYWORDS: love courting travel drink
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 287-288, "Dark Moll of the Valley" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Douglas Hyde, _Abhráin grádh chúige Connacht, or, Love songs of Connacht_, T. F. Unwin, 1893 (available on Google Books), p. 109, "Dark Moll of the Valley" (1 text, apparently with an Irish original)
NOTES [14 words]: For background on the work of Douglas Hyde, see the notes to "My Own Dark Maiden." - RBW
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