| Composition Year | 1913 |
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| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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| Work Title | Come Back to Ireland and Me |
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| Alternative. Title | An Irish Mother's Lament |
| Composer | Wakley, Ronald F. |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IRW 1 |
| Key | E-flat major |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1913 |
| First Performance. | 1913 |
| First Publication. | 1913 |
| Librettist | Fred Godfrey (1880–1953) |
| Language | English |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 3 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | voice, piano |
| Extra Information | A lament from a desperate mother pleading for her son to come back to Ireland. A truly beautiful song. Recorded by Talbot O'Farrell to piano accompaniment on a Pathetone Weekly in 1930. |
