“The Maiden City”
Description
Derry is the Maiden City, threatened in 1688. Her defenders shouted "No Surrender" and vowed Derry "should be a Maiden still." She rejected "a Kingly wooer" and her defenders won a terrible battle. "The Maiden on her throne boys, Shall be a Maiden still"
Notes
For background on the Siege of (London)derry, see the notes to "The Shutting of the Gates of Derry" as well as "No Surrender (I)." - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Shutting of the Gates of Derry" (subject: The Siege of Derry) and references there
References
- OrangeLark 39, "The Maiden City" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ADDITIONAL:Edward Hayes, The Ballads of Ireland (Boston, 1859 (reprint of 1855 London edition)), Vol I, p. 278, "The Maiden City"
- BI, OrLa039