William Percy French
Who is William Percy French
William Percy French (1 May 1854 – 24 January 1920) was an Irish songwriter, author, poet, entertainer and painter.
Life
French was born at Clooneyquinn House, near Tulsk, County Roscommon, the son of an Anglo-Irish landlord. He was the third of nine children of Christopher French and Susan Emma French (née Percy). His younger sister, Emily later Emily de Burg Daly was also a writer.He was educated in England at Kirk Langley and Windermere College before going to Foyle College in Derry and wrote his first successful song while studying at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in 1877 for a smoking concert. The song, "Abdul Abulbul Amir", was published in 200 copies for £5 and French sold each copy for 2s6d making a small fortune. However, he fatally omitted to register ...
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William Percy French Poems
- If I Should Die Tonight
"If I should die tonight
And you should come,
And stand beside me,
Lying cold and dumb,
...
- Abdul Abulbul Amir
The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold
And quite unaccustomed to fear,
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah,
Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.
...
- Gortnamona
Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona,
I thought the birds were singing in the blackthorn tree;
But oh, it was my heart that was ringing, ringing, ringing,
With the joy that you were bringing, oh my love, to me
...
- Celestial Painting (sunset At Renvyle)
When painters leave this world, we grieve
For the hand that will work no more,
But who can say that they rest alway
On that still celestial shore? ...
- Andy Mcelroe
My brother Andy said, that for a soldier he would go,
So great excitement came upon the house of McElroe.
My father sold a bog-hole to equip him for the war.
And my mother sold the cushions of her Sunday jaunting car....
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- Withricendrink: going by build and lore:
sojourn/pharah - martha (front line, p solid)
dva - tracy (just the mech really and baby dva, symm and brigitte could also be)
widow - vera (sad purple french woman)
rein - william/percy (big dashy boy)
sombra - luca (hacking things in da map bishes)
- Ruthcan75563366: this one intrigues me - not sure what to make of the writing on the bridge.
- Ruthcan75563366: dublin's ha'penny bridge by william percy french, via wikigallery. the four courts in the distance tantalisingly out of sight in the dusk, or is it the dawn, but we'll forgive him.
- Mcinnesh: mountains o'mourne by william percy french (read by tom o'bedlam)
- Bs_on3: william percy french - phil the fluter's ball
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