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First Line: Come, all you sons of Britton, and Irish heroes, too

First Line: As I rode down through Irishtown one evening last July

First Line: Hark! hark! the drums are beating, my love, I must away

Summary: James Downey is on the run after accepting a bounty (perhaps multiple bounties) to join the Union Army and thereafter fleeing with the money. Captured at last, he prefers death to revealing where his money is hidden. Downey is condemned,…

First Line: Come, all of you Hibernian sons, I’ll tell you how the war begun