"Irish Emigrant Ballads and Songs"
Wright
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CHAPTER VIII - LIFE IN AMERICA

THE GLORIOUS AND FREE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                                491
"Come all you loyal Irishmen,"
Source: Broadside, no imprint Located: Cambridge University Library

SONG OF LIBERTY                                                                               492
"Ye sons of Columbia, from Ireland I came,"
Source: Broadside, J. H. Johnson, Philadelphia [1834-?]
A MICH-ADMIRED SONG CALLED "STARS AND STRIPES"                                       493
"Old Erin's soil has oft been praised, by Bards both young and old,"
Source: Broadside, Haly, Cork Located: Bodleian Library, Oxford

SWATE CASTLE GARDEN                                                                494
"When I landed at Swate Castle Garden,"
Source: Barney and Rickey's Irish Songster, 120-121. Located:   Library of Congress

I'M VERY HAPPY WHERE I AM                                                                495
Same first line
Source: Sparling, Irish Minstrelsy, 165-166.
This song, without credit to Dion Boucicault, appeared also in The New Emigrant Songster, printed by John F. Nugent, Dublin (British Museum).

NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR THE IRISH                                                       496
"I will tell a story that was told to me,"
Source: Dean, The Flying Cloud, 102. Located: Minnesota Historical Society

MULDOON, THE SOLID MAN                                                               497
"I am a man of great influence and educated to a high degree,"
Source: The Flying Cloud, 102-103. Located: Minnesota Historical Society

PATSY BRANNIGAN                                                                        498
"My son is a great politician,"
Source: Broadside, H. J. Wehman, New York Located: Henry E. Huntington Library

WHEN McGUINESS GETS A JOB                                                        499
"Last winter was a hard one, Mrs. Riley, did you say"
Source: The Flying Cloud, 89-90 Located: Minnesota Historical Society

ENCYCLOPEDIA McFLINN*                                                                 500.
"I am posted on matters perplexing,"
Source: Levy, Grace Notes in American History, 246-247.

SINCE CASEY RUNS THE FLAT                                                                501
"We've got a brand new janitor, and Casey is his name,"
Source: Broadside, H. J. Wehman, New York Located: Henry E. Huntington Library

THE HONEST IRISH LAD*                                                                       502
"My name is Tim McNair; I'm from the County Clare"
Source: Fowke and Mills, Canada's Story in Song, 90-91.
Also as a broadside published by Barr of Glasgow (Central Library, Belfast) and by P. Brereton, Dublin (UCLA).

THE HAPPY SHAMROCK SHORE*                                                               504
"It was in our native country, we might have lived well,"
Source: Sam Henry Collection Located: Central Library, Belfast
Variants appear on broadsides by Pitts, 6 Gt. St. Andrews Street, London (Cambridge University Library) and by [imprint blurred], Oldham Road, Manchester (Mitchell Library, Glasgow).

THE IRISH EMIGRANT'S LAMENT*                                                               505
"Och! While I live I'll never forget"
Source: Ord, Bothy Songs and Ballads, 352-353.
This song, written by William Kennedy (one-time British Consul in Texas), also appeared in Whistle-Binkie.

THE EMIGRANT'S LETTER TO HIS MOTHER                                               506
"Dear Mother, I take up my pen to write you these few lines,"
Source: Broadside, no imprint Located: Cambridge University Library

MOTHER'S LETTER TO HER SON-ANSWER TO THE EMIGRANT'S LETTER                507
"Dear Son I got your letter"
Source: Broadside, no imprint Located: Cambridge University Library

WIDE AWAKE YANKEE DOODLE                                                        508
"Come Uncle Sam, be 'Wide Awake,' "
Source: Broadside, no imprint Located: Boston Public Library. Also in the Pierpont Morgan Library.

WIDE AWAKE JORDAN                                                                       509
"Oh! the wide awakes and white hats, am getting all the go,"
Source: Broadside, Andrews, New York Located: British Museum. Also in the Pierpont Morgan Library.

JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. No. 6                                                510
"I am going to sing a song, and funny it will be,"
Source: Broadside, Andrews, New York Located: British Museum. 'Also in the Pierpont Morgan Library.

THE TWELFTH OF JULY*                                                                       511
"Come all you gallant Irishmen who love your church and creed,"
Source: Fowke, Traditional Singers and Songs from Ontario, 94-95.

THE "LAWRENCE CITY RIOTS," MASSACHUSETTS, U. S., JULY TWELFTH, 1875              513
"Ye Orange Muses grand, your assistance I command,"
Source: The Orange Songster, 89-91. Located: Toronto Public Library

THE NEW LIGHTS OF AMERICA                                                        515
"Come all you that lived in Ireland, I hope you will draw near,"
Source: Broadside, H. Such, London Located: British Museum
In a version called A NEW SONG ON THE PULLING DOWN THE CHAPELS IN AMERICA BY THE INFIDEL NEW LIGHTS, Father Tierny is from Balliboy, and the song is addressed to "all you that live in Ireland." This broadside (no imprint) is in the Cambridge University Library.

PADDY AND THE KNOW-NOTHINGS                                                        516
"A few years ago I came out to this country"
Source: Joe English's Irish Comic Songster, 18-19. Located: Brown University (John Hay Library)

PADDY'S FIGHT WITH THE KNOW-NOTHINGS                                                517
"Paddy, mavourneen, ye have but one eye,"
Source: Broadside, Andrews, New York Located: New York Public Library

PADDY'S LAMENT                                                                        518
"Och home! and alas! for the sons of ould Erin,"
Source: Broadside, Andrews, New York Located: Library Company of Philadelphia
Also in a broadside of eight verses, printed by J. Wrigley, New York, in the Boston Public Library, the Library of Congress, and the British Museum.

THE BATTLE OF PHILEDELPHIA                                                        519
"Come all you Roman Catholics that's from your native home,"
Source: Broadside, John O. Bebbington, Manchester Located: Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Also as a broadside, no imprint, in the British Museum.

PHILADELPHIA RIOTS                                                                       520
"Oh in Philadelphia folks say how"
Source: Broadside, J. Torr, Philadelphia Located: Library Company of Philadelphia. Also in the New Negro Forget-Me-Not, Pt. I

DE SOUTHWARK REBOLUTION                                                        522
"All white folks hab dar say an' cry,"
Source: New Negro Forget-Me-Not, Pt. I, 98-101. Located: Henry E. Huntington Library

IRISH LABOURER*                                                                               523
"I am an Irish labourer, both hearty, stout and strong,"
Source: Creighton, Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia, 296-297.
Also in E. C. Beck.

NO IRISH NEED APPLY                                                                               525
"I'm a dacint boy, just landed from the town of Ballyfad;"
Source: Broadside, H. DeMarsan, New York Located: Library Company of New York
This song has been widely reprinted. The original version seems to concern an Irishman in England, probably at the time of the Great Exhibition.

NO IRISH NEED APPLY                                                                       526
"Oh 'twas yesterday that I was led on such a wild goose chase,"
Source: Broadside, Wm. A. Stephens, Philadelphia Located: Library Company of Philadelphia

WHAT IRISH BOYS CAN DO. ANSWER TO NO IRISH NEED APPLY                       527
"They insult an Irishman and think nought of what they say,"
Source: Broadside, A. W. Auner, Philadelphia Located: Library Company of Philadelphia Also in O'Conor.

WHAT IRISHMEN HAVE DONE                                                                528
"Ye gallant sons of Erin's Isle, come listen to my lay,"
Source: Broadside, Chas. Magnus, Philadelphia Located: Library Company of Philadelphia

THE FENIAN MAN O'WAR*                                                               529
"Down by Boston Corner I carelessly did stray,"
Source: Galvin, Irish Songs of Resistance, 48-49.
While the next song is clearly set in the United States, I'm not sure about this one; many Fenian songs have locales in Australia or Canada. Perhaps, however, this song does concern the man-of-war fitted out by the Fenians in the United States.

TAB SCOTT                                                                               530
"One morning as I went walking down Clarence Dock,"
Source: H. P. Beck, The Folklore of Maine, 182-183.
"Mail" in this song indicates an Irish pronunciation of "meal."

MICKEY'S GONE FOR A LABORER                                                               531
"Being out of work it was no fun,"
Source: Broadside, J. Wrigley, New York Located: Library Company of Philadelphia

THE HOD-CARRIER'S SONG                                                                532
"I am a bold Hodman, I live by my trade,"
Source: Broadside, H. DeMarsan, New York Located: Henry E. Huntington Library

PADDY ON THE CANAL                                                                       533
"When I landed in sweet Philadelphia, the weather was pleasant and clear"
Source: Broadside, Andrews, New York Located: Boston Public Library
The New York Public Library holds this same broadside. The Library Company of Philadelphia has one printed by A. W. Auner, Philadelphia.

A NEW SONG ON THE IRISHMEN NOW GOING TO AMERICA                               534
"When we came to sweet Philadelphia, it happened to be in the fall,"
Source: Broadside, no imprint Located: The National Library of Ireland. Also in the Cambridge University Library

CHARLEY HILL'S OLD SLOPE                                                                535
"Come all ye true born Irishmen wherever you may be,"
Source: Korson, Minstrels of the Mine Patch, 196-197.

A TRAMP THROUGH CARBON COUNTY                                                           536
"If you give me your attention, I will give it to you back,"
Source: Minstrels of the Mine Patch, 66-68.

MICKEY PICK-SLATE                                                                        537
"There came to this country a short time ago," Source:
Minstrels of the Mine Patch, 115-116.

IRISHMAN'S LUMBER SONG                                                                538
"I am a wild Irishman just lately come to town"
Source: E. C. Beck, Songs of the Michigan Lumberjacks, 223-224.

MICK UPON THE RAILROAD                                                                539
"When furst from Limerick I come here,"
Source: Broadside, H. DeMarsan, New York Located: Brown University (The John Hay Library) Also as a J. Wrigley broadside at the Library Company of Philadelphia.

PAT WORKS ON THE ERIE*                                                               540
"In eighteen hundred and forty one"
Source: Lomax, American Ballads and Folk Songs, 22-24.
This song pops up in almost every collection. Two shanty (chantey) versions appear below.

POOR PADDY*                                                                               541
"In eighteen-hundred-and sixty-one"
Source: Smith, A Book of Shanties, 51.

PADDY WORKS ON THE RAILWAY*                                                       542
"Oh, in eighteen hundred and forty-one,"
Source: Shay, American Sea Songs and Chanteys, 77-78.

THE ARKANSAW NAVVY                                                                543
"Come listen to my story and I'll tell you in my chant"
Source: The Flying Cloud, 8-9. Located: Minnesota Historical Society

JERRY, GO OIL THE CAR                                                                       544
"Come, all you railroad section hands, I hope you will draw near,"
Source: The Flying Cloud, 26-27. Located: Minnesota Historical Society

TWO IRISH LABORERS                                                                        545
"We are two Irish Laborers, as you can plainly see,"
Source: The Flying Cloud, 20. Located: Minnesota Historical Society

LINES WRITTEN ON THE MOST DREADFUL FIRE THAT BROKE OUT IN CHICAGO IN AMERICA 545
"You simpathising Christian I pray you listen unto me"
Source: Broadside, P. Brereton, Dublin Located: Boston Public Library Also in JAFL, 63, 1950.

THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF SEVEN IRISHMEN OVER THE KIDNAPPERS OF NEW YORK   546
"[Al] I you that love the Shamrock Green attend both young & old"
Source: Broadside, P. Brereton, Dublin Located: New York Public Library
THE BONNY GREEN FLAG                                                                       548
"There was glorious times, on St. Patrick's day,"
Source: Broadside, H. DeMarsan, New York Located: Library Company of Philadelphia

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN NEW YORK                                                        549
"Come, all you true bred Irishmen, wherever you may be,"
Source: Broadside, Horace Partridge, Boston Located: Boston Public Library