Ye Vagabonds :: I Courted A Wee Girl 

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vicky w-o sullivan Hi Vicky, I’ll try to clear up the misunderstanding here because the implication is very serious. The term ‘girl’ does not imply that the woman in question is a child. The fact that she is getting married in a church is reason enough to suppose that she is a young woman. The terms girl and boy are, in common usage, used loosely to indicate youth but do not imply infancy. Urban dictionary is not a reliable source if it leads you to believe otherwise. I am thirty years of age and will still be referred to as a boy or lad in many situations and would refer to my adult female siblings as girls and none of these instances of the terms are necessarily incorrect or insulting in the contexts of their common usages in Ireland. This song is quite ancient and has been perpetuated by generations of singers and listeners who would never have enjoyed it if it could have been descriptive of child sexual abuse. Those songs in the tradition that do describe awful scenes of taboo subjects are usually condemnatory. Rest assured that this is not an example of child sexual abuse content and would not be widely interpreted as such within the cultural context from which it has emerged. I hope this clarifies the issue and helps to set your mind at ease.

Wee lad or wee girl is used to describe people of many ages in many parts of Ireland especially the Northern countries. You might say about a small man of 20 to 90 ....."He's a wee lad." As the other reply says it's obvious it's not a child if you listen to the words. She is getting married.

Diarmuid Glynn, very well explained, I must say I found it hard to believe there are people out there who wouldn't know the word " wee" is commonly used in parts of Ireland, all of Scotland and parts of the North East of England when referring to either man / boy/ woman/ girl and child as a term of endearment

U should get out more you clown

There is only one meaning of wee girl in this song, and no, it can't be taken either way.