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Van Diemen's Land or Henry the Poacher, Young Henry's Downfall, Beware Young Men (Roud 221). [ 1 ] is an English transportation ballad . It was widely published in broadsides during the 19th century, and was collected from traditional singers in England during the twentieth century.
In 1832 he issued a Sketch of the history of Van Diemen's Land, illustrated by a map of the island, and an account of the Van Diemen's Land Company, [1] octavo, the map is by John Arrowsmith. [ 2 ] In 1836 he published an essay on Marine Insurances, their Importance, their Rise, Progress, and Decline, and their Claim to Freedom from Taxation ...
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
The album also contains the band's shortest song ever, a 40-second version of 'Bede's Death Song', an early medieval poem attributed to the 8th century monk. In the original version of 'Van Diemen's Land', the narrator is a man, but Prior reworked the lyrics to make the narrator a woman The album received very mixed reviews.
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The island, inhabited by Aborigines, was first encountered by the Dutch ship captained by Abel Tasman in 1642, working under the sponsorship of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
Once the Nautilus reached the Cape it was refused docking or supply during the convict crisis of 1849 and remained anchored off the coast for 5 months before sailing on to the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (modern-day Tasmania, Australia) [53] to which O'Brien, Martin, Meagher, and other Young Irelanders, had been transported in the wake of ...
This year’s event is March 9-10 in the Southside Preservation Hall and Rose Chapel, 1519 Lipscomb St.. Drummer Jack Bullett Harris of Fort Worth knew Van Zandt when Harris was the drummer for ...
William Bannon (c. 1826 – 27 February 1904) was an Irishman who served in the British 65th Regiment of Foot in the New Zealand Wars in the 1840s. In 1849 he was found guilty of desertion and theft and was sentenced to transportation for seven years to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia).