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Fiolar Irish Rebel Songs as Social Document? (84* d) RE: Irish Rebel Songs as Social Document? 28 Jun 09

"Skibbereen" is a traditional song. There is no known author but the events mentioned deal with the 1840s. One verse is as follows:
    "It's well I do remember the year of forty-eight,
      When we arose with Erin's boys to fight against our fate.
      I was hunted through the mountains as a traitor to the Queen,
      And that's another reason why I left old Skibbereen."
That verse is left out of some versions. "The Bold Fenian Men" was written by Peadar Kearney (1883 - 1942) who was involved in the Easter Rising of 1916.

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