How Paddy Stole the Rope

DESCRIPTION: Paddy and Mick rob a church. They need rope to bind the loot. Paddy climbs the bell rope to the top, cuts the rope above himself and falls. Mick climbs up, cuts the rope beneath himself and can't get down. The boys are caught and thrown in jail
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland)
KEYWORDS: prison robbery unemployment humorous
FOUND IN: Ireland Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, pp. 68-69, "How Paddy Stole the Rope" (1 text)
McBride-FlowerOfDunaffHillAndMoreTradSongsInnishowen 57, "Paddy Stole the Rope" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Hazel Felleman, Best Loved Poems of the American People, p. 474, "How Paddy Stole the Rope" (1 text)
ST OCon068 (Partial)
Roud #2037
RECORDINGS:
Tom Cornelly, "When Paddy Stole the Rope" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
J. Molloy, "When Paddy Stole the Rope" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 20(65), "How Paddy Stole the Rope," unknown, n.d.
File: OCon068

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography