White Ghost, The

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Title: White Ghost, The

Additional Title: Flaming O'Flannigans

First Line: One evening I wandered for wild recreation

First Line of Chorus: Fal al de dal, &c.

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Publication Date: 1855

Instrumentation: N/A

Subject: Broadsides and Penny Ballads

WIMA Collections: Irish Fest Collection

ID: IF PB 00-010

Publisher: J. Andrews

Publication Place: New York, NY

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Historical Notes

Fire Department ballad published between 1855 and 1860 about Lady Washington Engine Co. (Bronx, NY) hand-drawn pumper wagon No. 40 titled "The White Ghost". Fire companies competed in contests, leading to hard fights over hydrants, as well as the race to the fire itself by hand-drawn wagons. The ballad consists of six eight-line stanzas to be sung to the air of "Flaming O'Flannigans".

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