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- Croppies_Lie_Down abstract "\"Croppies Lie Down\" is a loyalist anti-rebel folksong dating from the 1798 rebellion in Ireland celebrating the defeat and suppression of the rebels. The author has been reported as George Watson-Taylor.This song illustrates the deep divisions which existed in Ireland at the time of the 1798 rebellion. Irish Catholics, and to a lesser extent Dissenters, were legally excluded from political and economic life. The United Kingdom was at war with revolutionary France at the time, and Irish republicans were encouraged by rumours that France would invade the island. The highly partisan lyrics describe the rebels as treacherous cowards and those fighting them as brave defenders of the innocent. \"Croppies\" meant people with closely cropped hair, a fashion associated with the French revolutionaries, in contrast to the wigs favoured by the aristocracy. In George Borrow's 1862 travel book Wild Wales, the author comes upon an Anglo-Irish man singing the tune.The lyrics to the song begin:We soldiers of Erin, so proud of the nameWe'll raise on the rebels and Frenchmen our fame;We'll fight to the last in the honest old cause,And guard our religion, our freedom and laws;We'll fight for our country, our King and his crown,And make all the traitors and croppies lie down.Down, down, croppies lie down.There follow several verses which depict the singers' view of the rebels as cowardly and treacherous: The rebels so bold, when they've none to oppose,To houses and haystacks are terrible foes;They murder poor parsons and likewise their wives,At the sight of a soldier they run for their lives;Whenever we march over country and townIn ditches and cellars the croppies lie down.Down, down, croppies lie down In Dublin the traitors were ready to riseAnd murder was seen in their lowering eyesWith poison, the cowards, they aimed to succeedAnd thousands were doomed by the assassins to bleedBut the yeoman advanced, of rebels the dreadAnd each croppy soon hid his dastardly headDown, down, croppies lie down The fear of a French invasion is referred to:Should France e'er attempt, by fraud or by guile,Her forces to land on Erin's green isle,We'll show that they n'er can make free soldiers,slaves,They shall only possess our green fields for their graves;Our country's applauses our triumphs will crown,Whilst with their French brothers the croppies lie down.Down, down, croppies lie down The final verse concludes menacingly:Oh, croppies ye'd better be quiet and stillYe shan't have your liberty, do what ye willAs long as salt water is formed in the deepA foot on the necks of the croppy we'll keepAnd drink, as in bumpers past troubles we drown,A health to the lads that made croppies lie downDown, down, croppies lie down.".
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- Croppies_Lie_Down wikiPageWikiLinkText "Croppies Lie Down".
- Croppies_Lie_Down subject Category:Ballads_of_the_Irish_Rebellion_of_1798.
- Croppies_Lie_Down subject Category:Orange_Order.
- Croppies_Lie_Down hypernym Folksong.
- Croppies_Lie_Down type Song.
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- Croppies_Lie_Down comment "\"Croppies Lie Down\" is a loyalist anti-rebel folksong dating from the 1798 rebellion in Ireland celebrating the defeat and suppression of the rebels. The author has been reported as George Watson-Taylor.This song illustrates the deep divisions which existed in Ireland at the time of the 1798 rebellion. Irish Catholics, and to a lesser extent Dissenters, were legally excluded from political and economic life.".
- Croppies_Lie_Down label "Croppies Lie Down".
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