Harbour Grace Affray

DESCRIPTION: "On the fourteenth day of August, being a great deal of talke, The day it was appointed, the Orange had to walk." 98 Irish Catholics meet 700 Protestants. Pat Callaghan is shot. The Irish counter-attack. The Orangemen flee. The singer praises Irishmen
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1994 (Thomas and Widdowson)
KEYWORDS: religious battle death
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Kenneth S. Goldstein, "A Report on Continuing Research into 'Treason Songs': A Private Newfoundland Tradition," essay on pp. 126-153 of Gerald Thomas and J. D. A. Widdowson, editors, _Studies in Newfoundland Folklore: Community and Process_, Breakwater Books, 1991, pp. 147-148, "Rebellion in Harbour Grace" (1 text)
NOTES [23 words]: In Newfoundland, this was sometimes regarded as a "Treason Song." For background on Treason Songs, see the notes to "The Prooshian Drum." - RBW
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