A Dublin Battle Ditty
A republican handbill with the text of a ballad titled 'A Dublin Battle Ditty' referring to the attack by the forces of the Provisional Government on the Four Courts and the ensuing fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922.
Details
- Level of description
- Item
- Date
- 1922
- Reference
- 49
- Extent and medium
- 1 p.; Printed
- Scope and content
- A republican handbill with the text of a ballad titled 'A Dublin Battle Ditty' referring to the attack by the forces of the Provisional Government on the Four Courts and the ensuing fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922.
- Repository
- Irish Capuchin Archives
- Context
- Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > Pamphlets, Cartoons and Publicity Material > Anti-Treaty Publicity Material
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Extracted Mentions
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Sample passages
- And likewise with O'Connell street, the like I've never
- * O'Connell Street
- Air : " The Wearin' o' the Green."
Full Transcript (OCR, 1 pages)
Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.
Page 1
A Dublin Battle Ditty, June-July, 1922. Air : " The Wearin' o' the Green." O, Churchill dear, and did you hear the news from Dublin town, They've listened to your good advice and blown the Four Courts down, And likewise with O'Connell street, the like I've never seen, An' guns (the best), as per request. and lorries painted green. Sure I met with Dick Mulcaby an' he took me by the hand, Sez he, how goes it ' cross the town, how does the Gresham stand ? These rebels want a lesson, we cannot stand their cheek. So we'll finish what the British started here in Easter week.* Then Michael Collins came along an' unto me did say, The guns were most effective in their work along the quay, Sure I'm out for law and order like Greenwood was of yore, For Churchill has just asked me, come and take my place, asthore. Then along came Arthur Griffith (whom I had not seen of late). I saked him how was everything with the new Free Irish State, Och, sez he, it's not a Free State, but an awful ate I'm in, To make good all this damage. O, where will we get the tin. Then I bid them all Good Evening! for the dusk was drawing nigh, It was'nt safe to be around when shots begin to fly, But this much I'll remember if I live to see the day, Next time Elections come around I'll vote the other way. * O'Connell Street Strictly Copyright] [A. J. B., Dublin.