Info Reqd: Bill's O'Jack poem. W.Yorks

Subject: Info Reqd: "Bill's O'Jack" poem. W.Yorks
From: GUEST,Don
Date: 08 Sep 04 - 10:47 PM

I have the poem,'Bill's O'Jack',about a murder that took place at the Moor Cock Inn,Greenfields,W.Yorks in 1832. I need to know the following.
1.Are there only three verses
2.Who wrote it
3.When was Greenfields flooded, and why
4.Has the poem ever been set to music. I sing it to the tune   of 'McCafferty'. Any other suggsestions?
5. Is the Brothers Four hit,'Greenfields',about the same area.
6. Anything else re the subject

Subject: RE: Info Reqd: Bill's O'Jack poem. W.Yorks
From: GUEST,M
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 04:14 AM

Don, from the information you've given I can't find anything more about the poem but there is a fictional account of the incident by an author called James Davenport titled "The Murders at Bill's O'Jack's: A Fictional Account of the Murders at the Moorcock Inn, Saddleworth, in 1832" which was published in 1985.

The Saddleworth Historical Society has a List of publications which include a guide to 'The Bill o' Jack's Murder Trail'.