“Get Me Down My Petticoat”

Description

"Get me down my petticoat, get me down my shawl, Get me down my buttoned boots, for I'm off to Linen Hall." The singer goes to seek her love, who may have enlisted to fight the Boers. She asks the British to hold the Dubliners back

Notes

For background on the Boer War and the Irish soldiers there, see "John McBride's Brigade"; also "Marching to Pretoria." - RBW

Historical references

• 1899-1902 - Boer War

References

1. DT, PETICOAT*
2. ADDITIONAL: Frank Harte _Songs of Dublin_, second edition, Ossian, 1993, pp. 64-65, Get Me Down My Petticoat"" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Roud #2565
4. BI, Hart065