I remember on one occasion, when she was asked to sing the English version of the touching melody ‘The Red-Haired Man’s Wife’, she replied, ‘I will sing it for you; but the English words and the air are like a quarrelling man and wife; the Irish melts into the tune, but the English doesn’t.’
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Birth: | 20th February, 1794 |
Death: | 30th January, 1869 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
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