“The Hiring of the Servants”

Description

"The time of the hiring is coming." Working conditions on Irish farms are hard and "not like the day of the good old time." Farmers are warned that Ireland's youth are going to England for better wages; "You must double their wages or give up your land"

Cross references

Broadsides

  • Bodleian, 2806 c.8(218), "The Hiring of the Servants" ("Young men and maidens draw near for awhile"), unknown, n.d.

Recordings

  • Jamesy McCarthy, "Come To the Hiring" (on Voice20)

References

  1. Roud #12936
  2. BI, RcHirOTS

About

Author: Patrick O'Sullivan (source: broadside Bodleian 2806 c.8(218))
Earliest date: 1976 (recording, Jamesy McCarthy)
Found in: Ireland