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Boys That Carry The Hod

Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection

Boys That Carry The Hod

"Boys That Carry The Hod", a song preserved in a scrapbook entitled Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850 which is held at the Mitchell Library.

This song celebrates the Irish immigrants who found work in Glasgow's building trades.

Reference: GC 398.5 GLA

Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning

Keywords:
Boys That Carry The Hod, bricklayers, folks songs, immigrants, Irish, labourers, lyrics, Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850, poetry, street songs



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