Samuel Lover was an Irish songwriter, novelist, as well as a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He produced a number of Irish songs, of which several - including "The Angel's Whisper", "Molly Bawn", and "The Four-leaved Shamrock" - attained great popularity. He also wrote some novels, of which "Rory O'More" (in its first form a ballad), and "Handy Andy" are the best known, and short Irish sketches, which, with his songs, … Wikipedia
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