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First Published<\/td>1886<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>JF Mitchell and Walter Munroe<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN46117<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Walter Munroe, Billy Ashcroft<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
O’Nolan, Shaun ; USA \/ Ireland ; 1927
<\/span>Modern performances<\/strong>: Drongo and the Crow (Australian); Battler’s Ballad (Australian)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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https:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/songster\/20-the-man-that-struck-ohara.htm

The Man That Struck O'Hara<\/strong>.

Last night to Dan O'Hara's house a lot of good boys went,
We had a splendid supper, and a pleasant time we spent-
But in every company there's a fool who makes a lot of fuss,
And upsets all the harmony-'twas just the same with us.

First we mopped the floor with him, dragged him up and down the stairs.
Then we had another go under tables, over chairs;
Such a sight you never saw-before he'd time to say his prayers.
Rags and bones were all we left of the man that struck O'Hara.<\/em>

You never saw such value, boys, there never was such fun,
He wanted to apologize before we'd half begun;
We wanted no apology, for that would do no good,
But to wipe out that gross insult, we meant to have his blood.

At first we played with him, like a cat will with a mouse,
We chased him in the corners, and, in fact, all 'round the house;
He shouted, mercy and police, it's time that you were done!
But when he shouted murder! oh, 'twas then we had the fun.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A rather disturbing song celebrating violence. Its origins in the British Music Hall, it was composed and sung by\u00a0Walter Munroe,<\/a>\u00a0with words by \u00a0JF Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kilgariff suggests it was also sung by  Billy Ashcroft<\/a>, though I haven’t found any direct evidence of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It  was also sung by a number of different artists on the American vaudeville stage.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Australian performers Battler’s Ballad sing it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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