Wrap The Green Flag Round Me Boys

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Title: Wrap The Green Flag Round Me Boys

Additional Title:

First Line: Oh, wrap the Green Flag round me, boys,

First Line of Chorus: Oh, wrap the Green Flag round me, boys,

Creator(s):

Crofts, Joseph M.
O'Reilly, Kevin

Additional Names:

MacSwiney, Terence J.

Publication Date: 1921

Instrumentation: Piano
Voice

Subject: Irish War of Independence
Patriotic

WIMA Collections: Irish Fest Collection

ID: IF SL 00-365

Publisher: Irish Industries Depot

Publication Place: New York, NY

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Historical Notes

Picture of Terence MacSwiney (Mayor of Cork, last name misspelled as McSwiney) on the cover. In 1920, Terence Joseph MacSwiney (1879 - 1920) was elected as Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence. The British arrested him on charges of sedition and imprisoned him in England. MacSwiney died in October of 1920 after 74 days on hunger strike, bringing international attention to the Irish struggle.

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