View source for Annotation:Táim i n-Arréars

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|f_annotation='''TÁ IM I N-ARRÉARS.''' AKA - "Tá im in arré éir dtigh an óil." AKA and see "[[Girls take care how you marry]]," "[[Jockey has gotten a wife]]," "[[McDonnell's Rant]]," "[[Moll Roe (3)]]," "[[Noggin of Cream (The)]]," "[[Tiggit along the Room]]," "[[Silly Old Man (The)]],"  “[[Seanduine Coileáilte (An)]],” "[[Swaggering Jig (1)]]," "[[Welcome the Piper]]." Irish, Air (3/4 time). This song is a variant of "[[Tá mé i n-éagmais ach íocfadh mé fós]]" (I'm in debt but I'll pay them yet), printed by collector Edward Bunting in 1840, and is also is a variant of “[[Seanduine Coileáilte (An)]].”  It appears in Hannagan's '''Londubh an Chairn''' (No. 56) and Costello's '''Amhrain Muighe Sheola''', and the words are also in O'Daly's '''Miscellany'''.  One other version, a song by John Murphy, appears in the journal '''Ceol''' (volume 2, No. 4, p. 105), where it is stated "[[Moll Roe (3)]]" is a common name for the tune, according to Breathnach. Several songs using the melody exist: Finghin na Meamhna, in his 1939 work '''Amhráin na nGleann''' (Songs of the Glen), gives sixty-four verses of  “Taim in Arrears,” attributed to poet Uileog Ó Céirí who lived in the vicinity of Castleisland in the 19th century. It is set to the tune of “Siúd ort, a mháthair mo chéile” (‘Here’s to you, mother-in-law’) {see Stanford/Petrie, No. 1460 & 1486}. Most modern players know the modern tune for the song as the slip jig “[[Swaggering Jig (1) (The)]].” Tim Dennehy recorded a County Clare version in English on his CD “Farewell to Milltown Malbay.”  The chorus goes:
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''Mar atáimse 'n arréars, in arréars''<br  />
''Táimse in arréars i dtigh an óil,''<br  />
''Táimse 'n arréars, in arréars''<br  />
''Is ní fada go mairfeadsa beo.''<br  />
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Brendan Breathnach (1983) found a version of the tune in a manuscript from West Cork under the title "Tá im in arré éir dtigh an óil," but cautioned there are two other melodies to which "Táim i n-Arréars" is also sung.      
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