The Irish colleen

Jack Mooney
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ITMA Reference: 51942

Creator: Mooney, Jack, singing in English

Contributor: O'Hara, Aidan ; Goldstein, Kenneth

Date: 5 August 1978

Location: Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

Subject: Newfoundland: Song in English

Language: English

Publisher: Irish Traditional Music Archive

Source: 68-ITMA-CDR

Collection: RTÉ Newfoundland Recordings

Type: Sound

Format: MP3

Medium: CDR

Extent: 00:03:11

Copyright: Performer, Kenneth Goldstein, Hugh Rowlings, and Aidan O'Hara

Roud Number: 6459

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Notes

The Irish colleen, song (I went to a party consisting of four …)

This song describes a party at which four toasts are proposed: a Welsh girl toasts a leek, a Scottish girl toasts a thistle, an English girl toasts a rose, and an Irish girl toasts a shamrock and Ireland.

Notes

With thanks to RTÉ Sound Archives for their digitisation of the Kenneth Goldstein/Aidan O'Hara Reels.

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