{"id":1343,"date":"2019-02-21T00:49:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T00:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1343"},"modified":"2023-06-03T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T14:29:09","slug":"throw-him-down-mccloskey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/throw-him-down-mccloskey\/","title":{"rendered":"Throw Him Down McCloskey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Warning: Derogatory racial terms. Presented in original form as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M&#8217;Closkey&#8217;s great fight; comic song and chorus, 1890.<br>Words and music by J. W. Kelley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Throw-Him-Down-McCloskey.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Throw-Him-Down-McCloskey - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b9bcbf85-dda7-4259-bc52-331674c3372d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Throw-Him-Down-McCloskey.pdf\">Throw-Him-Down-McCloskey &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Throw-Him-Down-McCloskey.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b9bcbf85-dda7-4259-bc52-331674c3372d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. \u2018Twas down at Dan McDevitt\u2019s<br>At the corner of this street<br>There was to be a prize fight<br>And both parties were to meet<br>To make all the arrangements<br>And see every thing was right<br>McCloskey and a nagur<br>Were to have a finish fight<br>The rules were London Prize Ring<br>And McCloskey said he\u2019d try<br>To bate the nagur wid one punch<br>Or in the ring he\u2019d die<br>The odds were on McCloskey<br>Though the betting it was small<br>\u2018Twas on McCloskey ten to one<br>On the nagur none at all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;Throw him down McCloskey&#8221;<br>Was to be the battle cry<br>&#8220;Throw him down McCloskey<br>You can lick him if you try&#8221;<br>And future generations<br>With wonder and delight<br>Will read on hist&#8217;ry&#8217;s pages<br>Of the great McCloskey fight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. The fighters were to start in<br>At a quarter after eight<br>But the nagur did not show up<br>And the hour was getting late<br>He sent around a messenger<br>Who then went on to say<br>That the Irish crowd would jump him<br>And he couldn&#8217;t get fair play<br>Then up steps Pete McCracken<br>And said that he would fight<br>Stand up or rough and tumble<br>If McCloskey didn\u2019t bite?<br>McCloskey says I\u2019ll go you<br>Then the seconds got in place<br>And the fighters started in<br>To decorate each other\u2019s face<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. They fought like two hyenas<br>Till the forty-seventh round<br>The scattered blood enough around<br>By gosh, to paint the town<br>McCloskey got a mouthful<br>Of poor McCracken\u2019s jowl<br>McCracken hollered \u201cmurther\u201d<br>And his seconds hollered \u201cfoul&#8221;<br>The friends of both the fighters<br>That instant did begin<br>To fight and ate each other<br>The whole party started in<br>You couldn\u2019t tell the difference<br>In the fighters if you\u2019d try<br>McCracken lost his upper lip<br>McCloskey lost an eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Throw-Him-Down-McCloskey.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: Derogatory racial terms. Presented in original form as part of music history.] M&#8217;Closkey&#8217;s great fight; comic song and chorus, 1890.Words and music by J. W. Kelley. 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