“The Park in Portadown”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1970 (Morton-Ulster)
Found in: Ireland
Description
The singer meets a woman who knows him by name. He asks her to walk with him in the park in Portadown. She refuses; she is waiting for her cousin James McKeown. He receives a letter from his "dear" as Mrs James McKeown. Beware of girls willing to spark.
Notes
Morton-Ulster: "Portadown ... is a market town just below Lough Neagh." - BS
Cross references
- cf. "Watercresses" (theme: the married woman pretending to be single)
References
- Morton-Ulster 18, "The Park in Portadown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #2892
- BI, MorU018
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