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08 Sep 04 - 10:47 PM (#1267282) Subject: Info Reqd: "Bill's O'Jack" poem. W.Yorks From: GUEST,Don 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 |
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09 Sep 04 - 04:14 AM (#1267406) Subject: RE: Info Reqd: Bill's O'Jack poem. W.Yorks From: GUEST,M 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'. |