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TREOIRIs Your Wife Gone Away?Ai,This is a humorous tonge-i n-cheek song which I fi rst heard back in the mid- 1960's fromthe late Dan Lynch of Cloonkeen, Co. Kerry (just beyond the county bounds from BaileBhuirne). The air is a version of 'An Capaillin Ban.',j 2 alJ) I J alJ) I a J ),I J) J) I J J J .' I r r D I,jlI'm as trou - bled a young man mySince I marr ied this dam - sel, herJl )11'Tis the plague of my life toJ J j) 1 r" r~Dbe1JtiedI J. J -. J) la J :h I a "lfriends as you e - ver did seeJ J :h I r" F p I J "lage it was scarce twe - nty threeJ :b 1r r r 1 r jlJ)1to th is false hear - ted one, for she's4 j ja J 1 J]aleft me a - lone and gone1JoffJ J 1 J a lA J :11with a - no - ther young manI'm as troubled a young man my friends as youever did seeSince I married this damsel, her age it was scarcetwenty three'Tis the plague of my life to be tied to this falsehearted oneFor she's left me alone and gone off with anotheryoung man .Our neighbour next-door she swore, was betterthan meSure, the night we were wed, they both went off onthe spreeHe comes in every night and stays dancing tillmorning awayAnd this pair left me there, quite bare when theyboth went awaySix months we were wed when this damsel, I tookher to townExpenses to pay, and for 'tay' I gave her a crown.I met with a friend and says he 'come on for a'drain'And wh ilst we were there the pair went off on thetrain.When I found she was gone li ke a madman Irushed through the square.A crying 'mo bhr6n ' and trying to tear out my hair.A neighbour named Ned , - he shoved out his headfrom a door.Saying 'your wife's gone away, will she never comeback any more.'Now I went to the priest and to him these words Idid say'You tied me to a dame, who has fairly led meastrayI paid you five pounds, on grounds you ~would bindus for lifeIf you loosen the knot I will never again take awife.'Well he told me 'go home' until more ~ ~out that hewould seeBut I'm not contented where'er in this world I'll beFor when going to town some neighbour will shoutfrom his door·,'Is your wife gone away, will she never come backany more?'I've an acre of ground , a dandy fine pig and a cowI've a fine flock of fowl, but I've no one to mind them all nowI'll sell them all out, I declare, for I'm tired of my lifeAnd says each man to Dan 'Go along and look for your wife. '