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Thread #90454 Message #1714630
Posted By: GUEST,Guest, Big Tim
10-Apr-06 - 01:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Father McFadden
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Father McFadden
Don't have the lyrics but the event happened in February 1889.
"The Sergeant's Lamentation", sequel to "Hackler from Grouse Hall", has this verse,
The [Irish National Land] League 'tis true, I did pursue, the priest, why should I spare,
Who broke the laws and was the cause of bloodshed everywhere,
But Martin's fall in Donegal will be avenged ere long,
When Balfour's shears get round his ears, he'll sing another song.
Father James McFadden's dates were 1842-1917. Balfour's shears = prison haircut.