“Three Leaves of Shamrock”
Description
The singer, about to leave Ireland, meets a poor girl who bids him take a message to her brother Ned: "Three leaves of shamrock... 'Take these to my brother, for I have no other. And these are the shamrock from his dear old mother's grave.'"
Recordings
- The North Carolina Ramblers and Roy Harvey, "Three Leaves of Shamrock" (Paramount, unissued, 1927)
References
- BrownII 135, "Three Leaves of Shamrock" (1 text plus mention of 4 more)
- ST BrII135 (Full)
- Roud #3769
- BI, BrII135