First lines: The red moon is up, on the moss-covered mountain, / The hour is at hand when I promised to rove.

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Marriage--Ireland--History--19th century

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First lines: I am an airy young fellow that now leads a comical life / My mind it will never be easy until I am tied to a wife.

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Ireland--History--19th century

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First lines: I am a young fellow, / That's in search of a wife.

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Marriage--Ireland--History--19th century

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First lines: I am a young man that married lately, / I being fatigued from a single life. Printed: [Limerick]: John Pitt[s].

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Marriage--Ireland--History--19th century

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First lines: I should dearly love to marry, / If i ouly [sic] could see / Any gay young lady.

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Marriage--Ireland--History--19th century

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First lines: I am an airy young fellow that now lends a comical life, / My mind it will never be easy until I'm tied to a wife. Printed: Dublin: [John F.] Nugent.

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Marriage--Ireland--History--19th century

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First lines: Come maids, wives, and widows, attention I pray, / And listen with patience to what I here say.

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Marriage--Ireland--History--19th century

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First lines: One morning very early / A strange thought came into my head.Printed: Dublin: [John F.] Nugent.

Ballads, English--Ireland | Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century | Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)

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