Annotation:Pearl of the Irish Nation (2)

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PEARL OF THE IRISH NATION [2]. Irish, Air and Song Tune (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "There is a song to this air written by Patrick O'Kelly, a wandering peasant poet of the beginning of the last century, who discloses his name in the last verse: a custom found in other songs" (Joyce). The song begins:

Though many there be that daily I see,
Of virtuous beautiful creatures,
With red rosy cheeks and ruby lips,
And likewise comely features:
Yet there is none abroad or at home,
In country or town or plantation,
That can be compared to this maiden fair—
The Pearl of th’ Irish Nation.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 45, p. 25.

Recorded sources:

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