Irish castles in the air.
[Glasgow] : James Kay, Glasgow,
[ca. 1850]
Dated from internal evidence - the text of the ballad mentions the death of Daniel O'Connell, he died in 1847.
Irish castles in the air - first lines read: This world is all a bubble, no matter where we go, / There's nothing here but trouble, hardships, toil, and woe.
The first bawbee - first lines read: Oh, nane, I trow on a' the earth, / Was happier than me, / When in my wee breek pouch / I got my first bawbee.
In two columns with an illustration above the first.
Two ballads.
'Price one penny'.
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Ballads, English