“Erin the Green (II)”
Description
Counterfeiter William Hill has been sentenced for life to Van Dieman's. He hopes for pardon. "I ardently loved all mankind." With notes forged on the Bank of Scotland "the naked I clothed." "My heart shall be true [to Erin] as the needle to the pole"
Notes
Broadside Murray Mu23-y1:113 is the basis for the description. - BS
Broadsides
- Bodleian, 2806 c.15(292), "Erin the Green" ("Adieu, lovely Erin, I'm going to leave you"), unknown, n.d.
- Murray, Mu23-y1:113, "Erin the Green," James Lindsay (Glasgow), 19C; also Mu23-y3:038, "Erin the Green"
Recordings
- Robert Cinnamond, "Erin the Green" (on IRRCinnamond01)
References
- Roud #6992 (and 2900?)
- BI, BdErGre3