“The Exiled Irishman's Lament (The Exiles of Erin)”
Description
"Green were the fields where my forefathers dwelt," but the lease expires and the singer is forced to leave. His home burns though he obeys the law. "I supported old Ireland... We have numbers, and numbers do constitute pow'r -- Let us will to be free"
Notes
Broadside LOCSinging sb10111b and Bodleian Harding B 18(150): H. De Marsan dating per _Studying Nineteenth-Century Popular Song_ by Paul Charosh in American Music, Winter 1997, Vol 15.4, Table 1, available at FindArticles site. - BS
Cross references
- cf. "Slieve Gallen Braes" (theme)
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Harding B 18(150), "Erin Go Bragh!" ("Green was the fields where my forefathers dwelt"), H. De Marsan (New York), 1864-1878 [same as LOCSinging sb10111b]
- LOCSinging, sb10111b, "Erin Go Bragh!" ("Green was the fields where my forefathers dwelt"), H. De Marsan (New York), 1864-1878 [same as Bodleian Harding B 18(150)]
References
- O'Conor, p. 100, "The Exiles of Erin" (1 text)
- Moylan 25, "The Exiled Irishman's Lamentation" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #13387
- BI, OCon100