The Irish Boy-Joan Cron (Wigton) c.1962 Martin
[Posted Mudcat, appears in part in an article by Valentia Bold "An Irsh Boy He may well be. . ." text and tune from Phyllis Martin, Dalbeattie Scotland who learned it from her mother, Joan Cron [ref. Bold] of Wigtonshire, who is in her 80's. Phyllis sings with the group "Stravaig." An additional stanza has beed added from Water is Wide (Waly, Waly) "I leaned my back against an aik" which not included here.
R. Matteson 2017]
THE IRISH BOY - sung by Phyllis Martin, Dalbeattie Scotland who learned it from her mother Joan Cron of Wigtonshire, who is in her 80's. Tune: The Water is Wide
Chorus: Oh what a foolish young girl was I
To fall in love with an Irish boy
An Irish boy he well may be
But he spoke braid Scots when he courted me.
1) There sits a bird in yonder tree
Some say he's blind and canna see
Oh how I wish that bird was me
Since my true love has left me
2) I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I was a maid again
A maid again I never will be
Till an apple grows on an orange tree