The Wearin' O' The Green Sheet Music

also known as The Wearin' Of The Green, The Wearing Of The Green Sheet Music
Artist and Writer: Traditional
"The Wearing of the Green" is an anonymous Irish street ballad dating to 1798. The lyrics start with:

O Paddy dear, an' did ye hear the news that's goin' round?
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground;
St. Patrick's Day no more we'll keep, his colour can't be seen,
For there's a cruel law agin the wearin' o' the Green.

Wearing a shamrock in the "caubeen" (hat) was a sign of rebellion, and during the 1800's this act was made punishable by hanging. This was one of many facets of the oppression the British government imposed on the Irish, others including the seizing of their property (forcing them to pay rent on what they had owned), disallowing them from education, restricting their job opportunities, and generally outlawing expressions of Irish culture.
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