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Thread #5630   Message #1085092
Posted By: masato sakurai
03-Jan-04 - 01:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cruiscín Lán / Cruiscin Lan
Subject: RE: Lyrics req: cruiscin lan
Two items are found at Levy:

Title: Crooskeen Lawn.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Arranged by P.K. Moran.
Publication: New York: Dubois & Stodart, No. 126 Broad Way, n.d..
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Let the farmer praise his grounds, as the huntsman does his hounds
First Line of Chorus: Leante ruma crooskeen Sleante gar ma vourneen agus
Performer: Sung with Unbounded applause by Mr. Matthews.

Title: Selections from the Lily of Killarney. Cruiskeen Lawn. Song & Chorus.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: by J. Benedict.
Publication: Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington St., n.d..
Form of Composition: strophic
Instrumentation: piano and voice (quartet)
First Line: Let the Farmer praise his grounds, let the hunstman praise his hounds
First Line of Chorus: Gramachree ma cruiskeen slan tha gal mavourneen

These editions are at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads:

cruiskeen lawn [title]

cruisken lawn [title]

crooskeen lawn [title]

cross-keen lawn [title]