William of Orange, or The Battle of Boyne

DESCRIPTION: William leads on like a Protestant" while James shrinks away, frightened. If the Catholics rise again "do what was done in July with Orange flags flying and on God relying"
AUTHOR: William Johnstons (source: Shannon)
EARLIEST DATE: William Johnstons (source: Shannon)
KEYWORDS: battle Ireland royalty rebellion
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1685-1688 - Reign of James II (James VII of Scotland), the last Catholic king of Britain
1688 - Glorious Revolution overthrows James II in favour of his Protestant daughter Mary II and her husband and first cousin William III of Orange
Mar 12, 1689 - James arrives in Ireland and begins, very hesitantly, to organize its defense.
August, 1689 - Marshal Schomberg brings the first of William's troops to Ireland. James continues to be passive, allowing more troops to reinforce them
March, 1690 - James receives reinforcements from France but still does nothing
June 14, 1690 - William lands in Ireland
July 1, 1690 - Battle of the Boyne. William III crushes the Irish army of James, at once securing his throne and the rule of Ireland. Irish resistance continues for about another year, but Ireland east of the Shannon is his, and the opposition is doomed.
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Moore/Moore-BalladsAndFolkSongsOfTheSouthwest 64A, "William of Orange, or The Battle of Boyne" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: William Shannon, _The Dominion Orange Harmonist_, (Toronto: MaClear and Co, 1876), pp. 212-213, "William of Orange" ("Proudly march on, to the edge of the river") (1 text)
Roud #795
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Boyne Water (I)" (story and references there)
NOTES [42 words]: Roud's Folk Song Index classify this song as what we have indexed as "The Boyne Water" (I), Roud #795. Though Moore/Moore-BalladsAndFolkSongsOfTheSouthwest is only one verse it is clear that it is not that song, but an unrelated Orange support song. - BS
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