9 January 1872 Death of Crawshay Bailey, the English industrialist who became one of the great iron-masters of Wales and the original subject of the song “Cosher Bailey “
Crawshay Bailey from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawshay_Bailey
COSHER BAILEY Various recordings of “ Cosher Bailey “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cosher+bailey+song MUDCAT DT Lyrics: Cosher Bailey’s Engine /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1347
Yes, Cosher Bailey he did die And they put him in a coffin But, alas, they heard a knocking Cosher Bailey, only joking.
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