Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 36

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5859THE FE OWRRTwas at a fair near Banbridge townI met this blooming maiden 0;Sure Adam was not more surprisedWhen he first saw Eve in Eden 0!Her yellow hair in ringlets fair,Her shoes of Spanish leather 0!MAGHEBA ij y .She is tim girl that won my heart,And keeps it in the tether 0!And let them all say what they can,Or let them scoff or rally 01She is the darlin of my heart,An the flower of Magherally 0!ANOTHER. VERSION. MRS. MILLIGAN Fox.ITAKEN down at the Fei.s-na-n Glscnn held at Waterfoot in County Antrim, June, 1904,from the singing of DOMINICK MAavnn , a native of Castlewellan, County Down.Twas on a summers morning,The flowers were all a-blowing 0!And nature all adorning,1 met the charming Sally 0!In admiration I did gazeUpon the lovely maiden 0!IC. M. F.Adam was not more surprisedWhen he met Eve in Eden 0!1 hope the day will surely comeWhen well join hands together 0!When I will take my darling homeIn spite of wind and weather 0!PENIS A HEN PSON (1695-1807).BORN at Craigmore, County of Perry; died at Magilligan, in the same county. He waspresent at the Belfast Meeting of Harpers in 1792.Biociraplical Dotes of Irisi ) musiciansICF

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