Sweet Colleen Rue

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Mr. Deasy of Clonakilty Co. Cork.

I find an almost identical setting in Forde's Collection, given to him by

I learned this air from hearing it often sung at home when I was a child.

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X:12
T:Sweet Colleen Rue
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:song
H:  I learned this air from hearing it often sung at home when I was a child.
H:I find an almost identical setting in Forde's Collection, given to him by
H:Mr. Deasy of Clonakilty Co. Cork.
W:One evening fresh and fair as I roved to take air,
W:   Down by the pleasant water my way I did pursue;
W: Advancing by its side where the stream did gently glide,
W:   'Twas there I first espied my sweet Colleen Rue. as I roved to take air,
L:1/8
M:C
Z:Allan Garvin
K:G
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