Molly Durkin

Molly Durkin

Molly Durkin is an Irish folk song made popular by Murty Rabbett in the 1940s in the United States. It is a derivation of the song Mursheen Durkin.[1]

The song has a lively tempo and a man who decides to give up his work as a mortar shoveler (probably an asphalt shoveler as well) to take up shoveling gold in California is whimsically described. The song is not so much a song of leaving Ireland as it is an Irishman's response to a woman's scorn.[2]

Recordings

  • Murty Rabbett & His Gaelic Band: "Farewell To Ireland" Properbox 3(P1109-12) (1999/2005)
  • Ballinasloe Fair-Early Recordings Of Irish Music In America Traditional Crossroads CD 4284, CD (1998/2005)

See also

References

  1. ^ Folk Index
  2. ^ Lyrics from The American Songbook, by Jerry Silverman

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