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WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN JACKSON AND ATKINSON, by                    
First Line: Come all you sporting heroes bold and listen to my song
Last Line: "he threw him three times out of four, and bore the prize away"
Subject(s): Wrestling & Wrestlers


Come all you sporting heroes bold and listen to my song,
I will tell you of a wrestling Match, and will not keep you long,
Between Atkinson and Jackson, the truth I will unfold,
For the Championship of England, and three hundred pounds in gold.

Chorus

Atkinson proved the champion as I have heard them say,
For he has thrown brave Jackson, and borne the prize away.

On the 8th day of October, as I have heard them say,
Some thousands went to see the match, all on that very day,
From Whitehaven and Penrith, and Carlisle too likewise,
And some they came from Newcastle to see who'd win the prize.

Jackson wrestled 13 stone 10, the truth I'm going to state,
While Atkinson wrestled 18 stone 2, what a difference in their weight,
But Atkinson stood like a post, and would not show no play,
By which he threw brave Jackson, and bore the prize away.

Although brave Jackson lost the prize I will not run him down,
He has been as good a wrestler as ever yet was found,
And for the deeds that he has done, his praises we will sing,
He won the prize for four years running, all in the Carlisle ring.

He won his match with Nichol, as I will now unfold,
Likewise his match with Longmire for fifty pounds in gold,
But Atkinson has done him out, as I have heard them say,
He threw him three times out of four, and bore the prize away.





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