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Description: | Sea-song to be sung to the tune of the College Hornpipe. The song describes the high jinks of a sailor during the Napoleonic Wars. Note the references to the 'French' and the 'Saucy foe'. Broadsheets similar to this would have been distributed nationally to rally support for the war and promote anti-French feeling.War broke out between Britain and France in 1793 as a result of Napoleon Bonaparte's desires to extend the French Empire throughout Europe. Despite a brief peace in 1803, the ensuing 'Napoleonic Wars' were fought between France and various Allied coalitions over the next 11 years. The Allies successfully invaded in 1814 and forced Napoleon to abdicate at the Treaty of Fontainbleau. However, Napoleon soon returned to France and the fighting resumed. The Wars finally came to an end in 1815, culminating largely in the Battle of Waterloo.Jack's the Lad appears in a list of tunes brought to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast by Philip Goodman in 1898. The song is part of the John Bell Collection ; A collection of broadsheets on various subjects, with accompanying press cuttings and manuscript notes in the hand of John Bell. | Publisher: | Hoggett Durham ; Tyne and Wear | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | river and sea seafaring & Napoleonic Wars 1800-1815 & wars | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0109302 | Go to resource |
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