The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-28


Then in came the priest and hi. hook.
And spoke him 80 suoufh anl 50 civil
And pi,'Ehcd rs. hiS VIZ 10 tie devil
Then RAISING NJ ~ it , HI. n , ,.
Aud, puul sighing he said,
"Oh' the hemp will be soon round my throttle
And choke my poor windppc to death"
So mournfu these last words he spoke
We all vented our tears In shower
F9r my rar ,i u9 ., ,,, ny hc s broke
on hi,uascls we watched Inn next next, asYy
ny So %" Sn wTgS Az I o i%%e AK KIM William
Then, my dear, his color turned white.
when he came To the nuhbine chit.
Tie WA, tucked up 80 n ,r, and Ia 80 pretty
KID hr i,si With nj. f r' T." M" civ
nsslcked too. 6ai Ma Va. ali gTde.
And a. soon as the noos" was united
Then at dattcy walked him IN clover
And sent him 10 take ground sweat
Tho terms are easily understood from the
context orithcir mctaphoric meaning, and re-
quire no glossary In tho times whom It was
written II was customary TO allow the friends OF
the condemned TO spend tho last night with him
in his cell, and they frequently did it in tho
fashion depicted in the ballad. His coffin was
also placed in his cell. and was utilized rs n card
table. the murdered man." "A Keats applies
the words to one doomed 10 assassination.
joining in his own wake. The actual hero OF
the ballad has boon described ms ono Lambert.
tDe OulcNNt ol u T'Npf'lunlb lhUlllN III l'nblln.
who spent tho last nigh; Of his life in the man
ner and with the incident recorded.
The second song. which we have selected. was
never so popular as the first II is more recon
dite in its slang. and is. beyond question. the
real production Of tho uncultured muse. 1t is
entitled :" Luke Caffreys Kilmainham Mint"
or minuet, his last dance upon the gallows. II
begins:
when 10 .ce Tukc's last liz we agreed
We tipped him our erilcs IN iNnsle,
10 To- , .GSi"i a, de- dc .Sg6 a, he q bangle
For Luxe weseverd Dc chap
And when dat he miied fat slap
lie mcrrilv melted lie winners
To snack with the boys OF tho pad.
The meaning Of the last Jig" Is obvious;
Z" we tipped him our gripcs in n tanglo" Is
Homeric for hearty and feeling shake Of the
hands. " Den mounted our trotters wild speed"
is equivalent to riding Shanks' mare. To
borzle" is an evident corruption OF puzzle.
and tho bull dogs and Primers are the Of
ficors Of the law. rs Mr.. Stuart Trench says his
process servers we're called grippers."
"Millcd fat slnp" imeans captured good
booty the winners" being corruption Of win
nings.
"c.f Dc s. ,T ;fd &C. GoP Pd fs" we l1sn
But whom ist We 'oric 10 d' Row
De low hc hni travelled before
Like rather y. ancr hun lcsgcin'
Bee ,,, ,' ~. SI r,,oI i i Sc .s ere
We'd Zip him lie hves tore his det
They come up with him before his cart reaches
the gnllows. and he speaks as follows:
Your soul I'd nrht blood TO dc eyes.
p HGa a h"oS ,, u Es9 iS . .a,.S
bats fnr one to IAN before twenty"
Saws he. It's my tate tor 20 die
lknowcd II when Was committed,
be .eras .6o, ma, SSt6c eGivltted
And scout again ON dc lay.
THE slang to run sly" is to talk so as not to
be understood by the officers Of the law. DE
scrag boy is OF course tho hanGman.
} when lance tween De crt and dc SHES
p De w seTss ~, MY r ssa FOR eg 1 ',rSff s,
Oh zap me a .uis IN 40 iueslcr
You know thatisAl nay lat hope.
,, A. ne, ne snrs,nts q, o'iainy ',l US
You'd lrns back dc pun 10 NV Bellows
AMI set me once more on ny pins.
ITO tip me n snig in de iugger was to bleed
the jugular vein. and the surgcn,s Of ottamy "
sgnincd the surgeons OF anatomy. II was n
current hope among criminals that they could
be revived by bleeding after they had been
hung such case having occurred 10 one Ian
igan who was hung for the murder Of his
master. Capt. Flaherty. in Dublin. rs related in
the memoirs Of Sir Jonah Darlington. He was
taken to the dissccting table. and tho circuln-
ton Of the blood was restored 10y the incisions
Of the surgeons knife.
Desc last words he spoke wild 4 sigh,
We saw lie IOor fellow was funkin,
De dryIle stole down from his eve.
Dat we thought he hal GOT better spunk in
Wild \ tip eff lie slang We replied
AMI hiiuker dat uuundy Noted.
De clarsA srpled town irum lis SIDE
AMI ir dust cart from under him noAted,
And lett him to dance on de air.
| The" dust cart was the platform car on which
| he had been taken to the gnows and which was
/ drawn from under him. Tho dust cart has a
touch Of the graphic horror OF the occasion.
Pads foremost he di,cd ani len round
He caurrcd lr kNmAnhfm mint,
AMI when Sat ne lay IN a. srnund
! our business We tInl-ht 90 heelu IT,
Wi de- -ur iudc shohtrn va niod
RIt Diet had shut last every Iundsr,
H.. BRAN box huns all = nne side
And uo dlsullcrs VIC could he binder,
But dAts what we all must come 10.
The nrsttwo lines are horribly graphic as In
deed is the whole verse Allnnl stanza relates to
the failure to revive the corpse and its commit
tai to the earth.