“The Irishman (II)”

Description

"Who a friend or foe can meet So generous as an Irishman?" He is warm-hearted, honest, forgiving, generous, open, honorable and fearless. "If the field of fame be lost It won't be by an Irishman"

Same tune

  • Vive La (broadside Bodleian 2806 c.8(153))

Broadsides

  • Bodleian, Johnson Ballads 871, "The Irishman" ("The savage loves his native shore"), J. Pitts (London), 1802-1819; also Harding B 18(294), Harding B 16(115a), 2806 c.8(153), "The Irishman"

References

  1. O'Conor, p. 119, "The Irishman" (1 text)
  2. BI, OCon119

About

Author: James Orr
Earliest date: before 1820 (broadside, Bodleian Johnson Ballads 871)