“The Irish Jaunting Car”
Description
"Oh, my name is Larry Doolin, I?m a native of the soil." The singer offers a day's diversion in his red-and-green jaunting car. He claims the Queen enjoyed his car, and the Lord Lieutenant recommended it. Others have enjoyed it a well
Notes
Not to be confused with Sam Henry's "My Irish Jaunting Car (The Irish Boy)."
Although I have not (yet) found a copy of this reliably dated before 1884, it must be older, since Harry McCarthy used the tune for "The Bonnie Blue Flag." - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Bonnie Blue Flag" (tune & meter) and references there
References
- Dean, pp. 115-116, "The Irish Jaunting Car" (1 text)
- Roud #5497
- BI, Dean115B