Brown William - The Power of the Harp and Other Ballads

Brown William, by George Borrow
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Title: Brown William The Power of the Harp and Other Ballads
Editor: Thomas J. Wise Release Date: October 6, 2008 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 [eBook #26788]
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Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
BROWN WILLIAM
THE POWER OF THE HARP AND OTHER BALLADS
BY
GEORGE BORROW LONDON:
PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION
1913 Copyright in the United States of America by Houghton , Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter .
p. 4
BROWN WILLIAM
This ballad was written in consequence of the execution of William Christian , generally called William Donn , or Brown William , from the darkness of his complexion, who was shot at Hango Hill , near Castletown , in the Isle of Man , shortly after the Restoration , for alleged treason to the Derby family , who long possessed the sovereignty of Man. . . . The ballad of “Brown William,” which gives an account of the betrayal of the poor patriot, and the vengeance taken by the hand of God upon his murderers, is the most popular of all the wild songs of ...