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