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Thread #15862   Message #773308
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
28-Aug-02 - 09:22 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Pretty Saro
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MAID FROM BUNCLODY (added verses)
Some time ago, Stewie posted "THE MAID FROM BUNCLODY" but it has not yet reached the DT.
A version in the Bodleian Library has reference to freehold, and firms up the connection to "Pretty Saro" The two verses not in the version posted by Stewie, plus a different 2nd verse, are:

If I was in Bunclody I would think myself at home
It's there I would have sweethearts but here I have none
Drinking strong liquor is the height of my cheer
Here's a health to Bunclody and the maid I love dear.

If I were a lark and had wings I could fly,
I would go to yon harbour where my love does lie
I would proced to yon harbour where my true love does lie
And on her fond bosom contented I would lie.

The reason my love slights me as you may understand
She has got a freehold and I have no land
She has a great store of riches ans a large ---- gold
And everything fitting a house to uphold.

The first line, 1st verse- Were you ever at the moss house---. Other differences to the one posted by Stewie very small. Maid of Bunclody
The Maid of Bunclody, 1867, P Brereton, 56 Cook St., Dublin