Annotation:Her Mantle so Green: Difference between revisions
m (Text replace - "[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Tune properties and standard notation]]" to "'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''") |
m (Text replacement - "garamond, serif" to "sans-serif") |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''' | =='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
'''HER MANTLE SO GREEN'''. AKA and see "[[George Reilly]]," "[[Plains of Waterloo (2) (The)]]]," "[[Young Willie of Famed Waterloo]]." Irish, Slow Air. This melody is published in Colm O'Lochlainn's '''Irish Street Ballads''' (No. 7), and was taken from early twentieth century broadsides. The ballad tells of a young woman visited in the meadows by a young man; he tests her to see if her love is true; she passes, having remained faithful to her William Reilly, whom she believed killed at the battle of Waterloo. He reveals himself and they are wed. A similar situation occurs in Homer's '''Odyssey''', when Ulysses returns home after his voyages of twenty years. The melody also belongs to the 18th century song "[[George Reilly]]." | '''HER MANTLE SO GREEN'''. AKA - "A Brat Chomh Deas Glas," "A Fallaing Chomh Glas." AKA and see "[[George Reilly]]," "[[Plains of Waterloo (2) (The)]]]," "[[Young Willie of Famed Waterloo]]." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). This melody is published in Colm O'Lochlainn's '''Irish Street Ballads''' (No. 7), and was taken from early twentieth century broadsides. The ballad tells of a young woman visited in the meadows by a young man; he tests her to see if her love is true; she passes, having remained faithful to her William Reilly, whom she believed killed at the battle of Waterloo. He reveals himself and they are wed. A similar situation occurs in Homer's '''Odyssey''', when Ulysses returns home after his voyages of twenty years. The melody also belongs to the 18th century song "[[George Reilly]]." | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
''When I was a-roving one morning in spring,''<br> | ''When I was a-roving one morning in spring,''<br> | ||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington - "The Merry Love to Play" (2007. Learned from the playing of Cork accordion player Jackie Daly and Séamus Creagh). Green Linnet GLCD 1151, Seamus McGuire - "The Wishing Tree" (1995). </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington - "The Merry Love to Play" (2007. Learned from the playing of Cork accordion player Jackie Daly and Séamus Creagh). Green Linnet GLCD 1151, Seamus McGuire - "The Wishing Tree" (1995). </font> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''' | =='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:23, 6 May 2019
Back to Her Mantle so Green
HER MANTLE SO GREEN. AKA - "A Brat Chomh Deas Glas," "A Fallaing Chomh Glas." AKA and see "George Reilly," "Plains of Waterloo (2) (The)]," "Young Willie of Famed Waterloo." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). This melody is published in Colm O'Lochlainn's Irish Street Ballads (No. 7), and was taken from early twentieth century broadsides. The ballad tells of a young woman visited in the meadows by a young man; he tests her to see if her love is true; she passes, having remained faithful to her William Reilly, whom she believed killed at the battle of Waterloo. He reveals himself and they are wed. A similar situation occurs in Homer's Odyssey, when Ulysses returns home after his voyages of twenty years. The melody also belongs to the 18th century song "George Reilly."
When I was a-roving one morning in spring,
To view the sweet flowers and the meadows so queen,
I met a young damsel, she appeared like a queen
With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington - "The Merry Love to Play" (2007. Learned from the playing of Cork accordion player Jackie Daly and Séamus Creagh). Green Linnet GLCD 1151, Seamus McGuire - "The Wishing Tree" (1995).