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Fuígfidh mise’n baile seo (I will leave this place)
Ennis noted that Dinny got the song from his father.
In the song, a woman laments the fact that she is married to someone who won’t let her go to mass and won’t buy her a drink or have a drink with her at the ale-house. And he does not press her to his heart as a young man would.
[NFC 1282:31]
Note to music transcription:
Ennis wrote, in Irish, the words ‘Lighthearted, lively’ above the music transcription.
![Lillis Ó Laoire / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/seamusennis/255059_lillis_o_laoire.jpg "Lillis Ó Laoire / [unidentified photographer]")
![Donncha Ó Baoill and Séamus Ennis / [unidentified photographer], Donegal, c. 1944. Image courtesy Tomás Ó Baoill](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/seamusennis/277669_donncha_obaoill_seamus_ennis.jpg "Donncha Ó Baoill and Séamus Ennis / [unidentified photographer], Donegal, c. 1944. Image courtesy Tomás Ó Baoill")
