“Sligo Town”
Description
"O once I knew a pretty little girl When pretty little girls were but few; Ofttimes I've rolled her in my arms All over the fog and dew." After all this courting/rolling, he writes to ask if she will marry him. He wishes he were in Sligo with a girl
Notes
This piece is obviously derived from "The Foggy Dew," but it has picked up enough twists of its own that it deserves to be classified separately (though Roud, of course, lumps them). - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Foggy Dew (The Bugaboo)" [Laws O3] (theme, floating lyrics)
References
- Combs/Wilgus 180, p. 145, "Slago Town" (1 text)
- Roud #558
- BI, CW145