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THE IRISH GIRL Sung by: Mrs. Arimintie Sutton Recorded in Pfeiffer, AR, 7/9/52 Click here to listen to the original recording Down the riverside . . . (Forgets part, recorder turned off.) . . . this (Irish?) girl I spied How red and rosy were her cheeks and curly were her hair; How costly was those jewels that the Irish girl did wear. (Spoken comment by Mrs. Sutton: "The last part I forgot, but anyway I think her sweetheart killed her.") Also found in Brown, Vol. II, #131; Belden, p. 292. |
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