| Show LETTER lOX JUXIUS I Is Devoted To STue Subject or 1olitlcal Esllads and Ltrics CHICAGO Jan ISjlSSO Sptctal Correspondence of lire DESfcllUT S Ch v sme jnliUcal philosopher I once said Give rue the making of a nations ballad and I care not who makes its lave I this is not a whole truth there certainly It i much nit In IU Iiallad nud lyrics have figured moru largely iu the political po-litical history of Uie word thaii tick average writtr nnd ttudthtlniaglnes iiokarchs have been actually sung but of thrones and others sung Into In-to them Itepubiics ImVfe been ere attd nnJ niaiutained mainly by fong Tyrants and despots have often Utcu liunianizcd by fear of ridicule in soig Many a question which in the history of a raco or nation appears a problem will tea t very tnae or solution if tenS exam lies the Klig attachmcuts and tl > ant cn vironniHuU of the time For In stance Macaulay cant understand under-stand how Ireland of all the western nations adhered to the Ionian church though her history shows that she was thu earliest of the nations which wn Indepeml ent of Rome nnd mot disliked by European Iomanist I Macaula could examine the Gaelic ballads o f the fifteenth and slitwriili iinin ties he would om learn the cause Tile luis ingeniously blended n ligion race and nationality In their songs until the common people at last came to believe that Monte was Ireland and the POle only I prim I live Parnell And it was only because be-cause nationality was made n rail plan that Ireland so bteadfaiU clung t nODe < ltI Ballads have also had a good dea to do in the history of our own glorious republic The oU rtfraii Tlppecanoo and Tyler too has an honorable place In American his tory But iftlieold sign who wanted the making of a nations tlu mskillg natons songs wee to come among us at present he would be much puzzled at some of our popular sougs and lyrics For example we have ono song which has helJ the boards for nell six mouths It is in I everybodys mouth Persons who dont Know a musical note from the braying of a burro find thnmiulrf f > ririiinr I i Itscborus has become n ratchnord n j I The newspapers have devoted cal j umnsupgucolumns of spare to an alysiug IIL strange melody And l still the scent of Its popularity remains re-mains t unrcvcaled Xurnerouj auUi I ors nre q uarll ub over the author ship ot IL The pajcM say It i I universally popular all the way from Sandy Hook to the Goldeu Gate If E its soothing straiasmu not be unknown iu Salt LaSe City and I see no reason why we ihoulc not take cognizance of an event which I 000000 of people are talk tOO aI ing ijxnit Here is the song in its full text DOWTf WEST irGINTT i Tics peso mar CIDOnr lao unICJ I U ILGJG Sundjj moron loot at 9 Don JleGlatj drcsted so fine I Was looting at a very blzh stone will When aiong came Iat McCuAad may 1u Let t1aa ur I tin lire yon at the top without a faiLS On his back be got poor ban to climb the ladder be bp CntU Ltd Terr neal reachej the top DoUr t er bed lose bU rue Jnst te as tp sore as youre ale Din It dpen g h bold not tilnUn of tbe cnoKrs Down went trill MoOdy t the bottom of the Although he won bu fire be wi more I deed titus aUr I With kicu and bra < e > on h fore franc loch a furnl fail Drened I h but Sundry clothci I Off t bospul they booted h And for dead the lon booted elm lint MeGinty the 1clt gave te doctonainrprue Fort coon began t lhut dayye Onset Knardi let ne out t Ttoih 04e bU bead was twice IL ordinary Ucnnd t > ee tIm wife and cluld With de lljiit he near treat wilde I De walked Great along u frond a John the Intheiidcwalk wai a hte To recent a load ot coal llcClnly actor > aw nsal too late C1IOECS Down went hole McGlnty t t the bottom of the The dotter of the cart gave the foai of I roilattart t a r t v It took a hour n a s t dig McCiatT MeGlt from the coal Untied In hU but Sunday clothes When they dog JleGlntj out LonS for ren geance brxlid ihont And the dnrerof the can be then te < reo te e tn didipy c < lie jiicitd cp half a brick And IB tit lpJ 1 inch a lick ht That it eaeied a tuineticuor Ida tlmdaetor o hi eye Then id ticked up inch a rut ee be lte Sth t TIu the cops got t the nan They trrtited Dan for being rery tinmk I nd cert morn ttie ladLe ad sir X fine jonU hare to par But ill months yoall sleep noa a prtso bent5 CliOEC flown went MeClhtrW itO bottom of tb joU itO hi b I I hltydaeelt lS Ad Six tOOl moathafOeT0tt0S1 wcatdItoii l > res e In tb beat Sunday eJothes When was spiEl TbsT 1ft I I 11n bis half a year TIT SlcCtaly went And be deemed himself as I tha dar or urI nut musCle his s rprbr he cecil scares bettere his ejes Thembe fonud hi < alto h 11rr tte a I day befrC Tolotc I Oil mf and cbllJOl such grlel I wucU delta him Mild I ADd to drown hImself he went down t I 5 elicitor And be Jumped me liLa a fool For to ronMnt swim and yeah Dear In mind that water Dan Dee took hero no CCOEl5 Down went UcCinlj to the bottom of tba c > They i btient fonnd him ret t For the water naf r And thejr ur bii ucarr ghost icsanii tie docks at tresk of day raed In his best SondiJ clothes txrfcti tow vzxf silnsfir There is one thing that must be said of It and that is I it is a three volume novel In a sol campai There h I a succession of wellcon ected disasters endlnir In n mourn I ful tragedy all of which must be t CJf for h or teilin to time heart of the tenpation sllt I may tetm si range thnt a person would fall ex stories in order to Klii a small wager Jut it will be remcinbervd that when lilt lot nelljtui In the lirilkh Parliament charged Ills jtoTtrtluifrit Itt bum Lilily ti convict in Irish jttlstitai Balfour replied i that Irish prisoner made themselves Ick purposely to embarrass tilts government flu ally one ptisouer named Mandcville le In prison and Henry 1a bouchere asked iialfuur did ilande tile kill himwlf to harass the Tories An Irish intriot In Ireland may put lilmself In time way of being killed I but there is I little rat of an Irish I rtlriot in America dolu So hut ilcGnity though an Irish citizen docs not rank as a patriot In my opinion we have lan lyrics in our own literature tar surpassing sur-passing UieMcGinly oneboth iu dra mitic strength and iracUcal vigor I read a ahon time ago In TullMijea History l of ILI Lake City a iiocra Entitled I ihts 1nnpector which iiimyojiiulon far transcends kh Giiity In The Prospector there i are a fw tie In the rhyme which cuM adjusted lithe bard availed I liimtlf of the uual poetic license For instance In thiso lines M From the woodmsmui risc one of loageps Jo the mAkei rbade tOut wo call I Ago and note are supposed torliymc but Lie author is catdcss lidout the mailer Xotice in tile JIcGlnty l porno where tile poet was In a similar simi-lar jicrplcxlty how he got out of i He says When h hilt a year wai ipent Ttcy l t Xclilntjr went I Vott see went Is much better than go and the r Is not olletidcd I I tuePro ieclorlnay ring iu the Kerry Chow then there would be a nice rhyme for icnouvs As to wondrous visions we were edll to believe Gentiles in Utah I did I not have visions Her Is a passage I from the Irosjiector And tbeotben tootbeyareall dead rJ the turgid GUs perished Ned llnte noble ErneKbe wai lost Aiitd Manunat lee and tract Aol Il nnie < life ueat oatin rloam heap In UM Comuocii riuU of dom And I a tdt the tat ot all And I > loaicot the eatd ease tall toCLebaroam Lirbutmi wiadi around me roar I think lh Sang pait oer and oer Thit I bare hoped and saffered all rrom the twenty yean roll bit the pall iTsm Urt eatt tmt a tract And the tottuoni path I follow t Kow this Is oniethltig more i I mournful more tenderly pathetic than MpGltitv Thirds nf lUnnlr poor Jknnln r down in the vnulUof i I cloD that In I cratidcr and more hello than McGmty nt the bottom f fie Ja tb iigh lice Conutock ought to he more suc ttUe tit gold and silver than of glonm Hut the chief beauty of rico Prospector lies In the fact that Dill Nyc drew I his inspiration from it to write his AIOSTnOWlETOVXOCPHAXMOZE OhIlonelyenilennoMrulTe mule Thou ctandect idly jrtnst the moore ily And udly slog like rat Lannui hired TVfco teapOt l thee thus to wattle In tho noouUde let and wretUe with I Thy deer woe 1 corroding grief and jnynrm I Who taught thy simple beart tie peDtap wildly warning watte Ot wanton woe t > carre forth spell The suect art ar-t ethic thee not becacce thy hong U fraacht with griefembittered Monotone and frI minor chord Ot wild imported melody for tboa An reitlet woe > etrirt and Coaipae ed Voand about with gloom Thon timid trusting orphan mule Few Joyi indeed arc three non thrice leitnckcn madly 31ournul melancholy manIc And be alone who strews Tby patlswaywith bid cold rUn Can cite Ueemmpenio Of Icmoncbolr o IIewno bath sonjbt t tcer ray limber yielding trail ornmit thy cru > per band not siren thee toy and be alone tDJ on O mule and warble In tbe twilight gray I UnchldJen by the bertless throng Sins of th rent on thy father aide Yearn for the dars now put and mae for be who pool ihcfe halting LimpIng Innate thee I 10th bid dee yom ad yeain an u 1 Comment is supcrlluous on Hr rrrluous 01 JTyes lyric Of Our Its beauty belles and melody must bo attrib uted to tho ititpiration derived from perusing The Prospector Jtnnus |
