Ellen from Tapestry by BOUDICCA
(Jeithi Country, 1879 CE)
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter.
Deeply inspired by re-tellings of the Kelly gang story, motivated by the words of Ned Kelly's Jerilderie letter (1879) and named in honour of Ellen Kelly, the mother of Dan and Ned Kelly. Ellen Kelly was often the subject of public fascination, represented as a fierce, criminal-harbouring woman by the media and perceived as the epitome of a horrid Irish mother by the people. In October, 1878, the Melbourne Argus declared her a “notoriously bad woman,” and Ellen was herself a prisoner in Old Melbourne Gaol on the day that her beloved son, Ned, was hanged within its walls.
Tracklist
| 2. | Ellen | 2:12 |
Lyrics
A policeman is a disgrace to his country
Not alone to the mother that suckled him
Seek revenge for the human race
Let no damned Englishman know my face
My mother of her strength I spoke
It appears you forget where you come from
Forgo Ireland, your life- a joke!
You clearly aren’t your emerald mother’s son
Fuck the men who help them too
Consider the shame, I implore you
Whose land are you on?
What kind of sick old bastard raised this son?
