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cathleen

22 Mar 02 - 08:07 PM (#674425)
Subject: cathleen
From: GUEST,johnt,m

Does anyone know the original Irish of this? Cathleen (from a set of 10 "Triads" ninth century or so

Lovely whore though Lovely,lovely whore And chosy-- Slept with Conn, Slept with Niall, Slept with Brian, Slept with Rory, Slide then, The long slide.

Of course it shows

Thomas MacIntyre apparently in a collection of Irish verse by John Montague...


22 Mar 02 - 10:12 PM (#674514)
Subject: RE: cathleen
From: SINSULL

johnt, I am sure there are some people here who can answer your question. Try a more specific thread title.
Maybe: Lyric Request: Cathleen (Gaillic/9th c.). Does Gaillic have two Ls? Can a clone help?