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Cuach mo Londubh Buí. [?]
A man and his wife are returning from a wake when they meet a young man who asks the man for his wife. She accompanies the young man who is uncouth. After three seasons she returns home.
Ennis noted, in Irish, on the music transcription that it was slightly slower than jig time. Unusually, he did not include lyrics under the staff notation.
[See also Óró Londubh Buí]
[See NFC 1282:115-116]
Cuach mo Londubh Buí
‘S cuach mo londú buí
2. Ar philliú ‘na bhaile dúinn casadh dú an t-óigfhear
‘S cuach mo londú buí
1. D’iarrthaí sé dú-sa ar nighean dú an óigbhean
2.Duairt mé nárbh’ í ach gurbh í mo bhean phóst’ í.