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PC.773.149
6-13 Dec 1773:1861 (361)
Extract of a letter from Dublin, Sept. 18.
Notwithstanding the steps taken by the magistrates to
suppress riots, yet several have lately happened in
different parts of this town. . . [Report of continuing
unrest in Ireland over lack of work for weavers.] As to the
spirit of emigration, it prevails to such a pitch, that a
song has been lately made, which is in high vogue amongst
the vulgar; it is set to one of Jack Lattin's tunes, and
begins thus:
We'll to the colonies boys
Try whether we can get work or not
This is played by every cat-gut scraper in Dublin, and sung
with great joviality by different mobs, who almost nightly
patrol the streets. Thus much for the state of the lower
orders. . .
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