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On A Visit To Bedlam (Charles Dickens on Jonathan Martin, Part 2)

from Mad Martins by Gary Miller

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Jonathan Martin was sent to the Criminal Lunatic Asylum in St. George’s Fields, London, which was the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, popularly known as Bedlam, on April 28th 1829, where he remained until his death nine years later. It was here that Charles Dickens paid him one final visit…

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ON A VISIT TO BEDLAM
(Charles Dickens on Jonathan Martin, Part 2)

I visited Jonathan Martin after he was removed to Bedlam. He remembered what had taken place at York, and said, all that he had ever done, or thought of doing was as nothing to that which he was now commissioned to do. “Not since men were upon the earth” had anything so dreadful been seen or heard as the deed he was about to accomplish. It was to bring about all the denunciations contained in the sixteenth chapter of Revelations. I asked him what he meant to do. He answered, “You must wait till you will see.” I reported to the authorities that he was contemplating something terrible, and required to be specially watched. Shortly afterwards, Jonathan Martin died.

(Words: Charles Dickens / Tune: ‘Soul Cake’ - Trad. arr. Richard Doran & Mick Tyas)

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from Mad Martins, released April 30, 2017
Keith Armstrong - Spoken Word
Mick Tyas - Mandolin
Richard Doran - Dulcimer
Iain Petrie - Orchestration, Atmospheric Sound Effects

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Gary Miller first rose to international prominence with folk-punk/rock pioneers The Whisky Priests (1985-2002), founded with his twin brother Glenn - “the Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of Folk Music". He now performs as a solo artist and with his new band 'Gary Miller's Big Picture' whose debut album is coming soon. ... more

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