Barney, Barney, buck or doe, Has kept me out of Channel Row,’
The madhouse song from late 1700’s Dublin
John Brennan (Dublin physician, ahem), duellist, wrestler and satirical writer (so, my kinda guy). Completely mad - would wrestle all comers and break their legs, then offer to fix them for a fee.
In favour of Catholic Emancipation and wrote this song about a petition to London to ask for Catholic Emancipation
Barney Barney, Buck or Doe/ Who shall with the petition go? - satirical and edgy
This little rhyme was wildly popular and he received a pension from the GOVERNMENT (DublinCastle) of £200 per annum for how good his roast song was.
O his deathbed had gone mad, kept repeating the phrase - “B B buck or doe, has kept me from the Channel Row.”
His mum had died in the Channel Row debtors house, and so his satirical song kept him from that fate
Wow
- O’Brien brings research to a new level…
