A Broadside: No. 5 Fourth Year

A Broadside: No. 5 Fourth Year

Ireland

Dun Emer Press

Cuala Press

A Broadside

Irish Literary Revival

The Gaelic Revival

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY E. C. YEATS AT THE CUALA PRESS, CHURCHTOWN, DUNDRUM, COUNTY DUBLIN. SUBSCRIPTION TWELVE SHILLINGS A YEAR POST FREE.
300 copies only.

The woodcut on page [3] has caption: "CIRCUS PEOPLE". Signed by Jack B. Yeats.

E. C. Yeats

Jack B. Yeats

James Guthrie

Cuala Press

October, 1911

THE BOLD PRIVATEER
O, fare you well, my Pollie dear, since you and I must part,
In crossing of the seas, my love, I'll pledge to you my heart;
For our ship she lies waiting, so fare you well, my dear,
For I just now am going aboard of a bold privateer.

She said, 'My dearest Jemmy, I hope you will forbear
Adn do not leave your Pollie in grief and in despair;'
You'd better stay at home with the girl you love so dear,
Than venture on the seas your life in a bold privateer.

You know, my dearest Pollie, your friends they do me slight;
Besides, you have two brothers would take away my life;
And from them I must wander, myself to get me clear,
So I am just going aboard of a bold privateer.

And when the wars are over, if God does spare our lives,
We will return safe back again to our sweethearts and our wives,
And then I will get married to my charming Pollie, dear,
And forever bid adieu to the bold privateer.

DRUM AND FIFE
Drum and fife, drum and fife,
How you come to play with life!
To the cornfields which are dumb,
From the merry town you come,
Drumming, whistling high and hollow
While the marching children follow.

Drum and fife, fife and drum,
How your musics go and come,
Muffled by the breeze's sliding,
Hidden, coming out of hiding;
Screaming, rumbling, laughing, troubling
Like a mountain-water bubbling!

Drum and fife, drum and fife,
With the evening fades your life;
but your charm of cry and glee
Stays for many hours with me;
To my pillow still you come,
Shrilly throbbing, fife and drum!
James Guthrie.

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