{"id":665,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/maid-of-sweet-gurteen-the\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T12:54:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T12:54:47","slug":"maid-of-sweet-gurteen-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/maid-of-sweet-gurteen-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Maid of Sweet Gurteen, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Maid of Sweet Gurteen, The<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-665-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/maid-of-sweet-gurteen-the.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/maid-of-sweet-gurteen-the.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/maid-of-sweet-gurteen-the.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/maid-of-sweet-gurteen-the.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"dmeite\">\n<p><span id=\"neasc-nocht-ceilth\" class=\"nmeite\">view \/ hide recording details [+\/-]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"clarMeiteashonrai\" class=\"meiteashonrai\">\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teideal <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Title)<\/span>:<\/span> Maid of Sweet Gurteen, The.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 903909.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chnuasach Bh\u00e9aloideas \u00c9ireann <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(National Folklore of Ireland Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Roud <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Roud Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 3025.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Child <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Child Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Cnuasach <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Collection)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teanga na Cro\u00edmh\u00edre <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Core-Item Language)<\/span>:<\/span> English.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Catag\u00f3ir <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Category)<\/span>:<\/span> Song.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a thug <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Informant)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a th\u00f3g <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Collector)<\/span>:<\/span> Kenneth Goldstein.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> Unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> probably at the University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Oc\u00e1id an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Occasion)<\/span>:<\/span> day class.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Daoine eile a bh\u00ed i l\u00e1thair <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Others present)<\/span>:<\/span> Unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">St\u00e1das ch\u00f3ipcheart an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording copyright status)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, I think it would be better for me if I sang a song about this poor man who was deprived of marrying the girl he loved because her parents reckoned&hellip; she wasn&#8217;t good enough for him, they said, because she was a servant girl. And they locked her up because she wanted to see him, and they sent her away. And he, of a broken heart, wrote this song about her. And the song is called &#8216;The Maid of Sweet Gurteen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Come all you gentle<sup class=\"tagairt-n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">1<\/sup> muses, combine and lend an ear<br \/>\nWhilst I unfold the praises of this comely lady fair<br \/>\n&#8216;Twas the curling of her yellow locks that stole away my heart<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s death I&#8217;m sure will be the cure if she and I must part.<\/p>\n<p>The praises of this comely maid I am going to unfold<br \/>\nHer hair hangs o&#8217;er her shoulders in lovely links of gold<br \/>\nWith the carriage neat, and her limbs complete, it fractured quite my brain<br \/>\nAnd her skin more fairer than the swan that swims on the purling stream.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Twas of her cruel father, the cause of all my woe,<br \/>\nHe locked her in a closed room and would not let her go<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s often I watched her window, thinking she might be seen<br \/>\nIn hopes to get another sight of the maid of sweet Gurteen.<\/p>\n<p>And two or three days after a horse he did prepare<br \/>\nHe sent my darling away from me to a place I know not where<br \/>\nI may go and view my darling wherever she may be<br \/>\nFor here in pain I can&#8217;t remain for the maid of sweet Gurteen.<\/p>\n<p>My father he did come to me and this to me did say<br \/>\n&#8216;Oh son, dear son, be advised by one, don&#8217;t throw yourself away<br \/>\nTo marry a poor country girl whose parents are so mean<br \/>\nSo stay at home and do not roam but along with me remain.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oh father, dearest father, don&#8217;t part me from my dear<br \/>\nI would not part my darling for ten thousand pounds a year<br \/>\nWas I possessed of William&#8217;s crown, of her I&#8217;d make my queen<br \/>\nOf a high renown I&#8217;d wear the crown for the maid of sweet Gurteen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>So now to conclude and make an end I&#8217;ll take my pen in hand<br \/>\nJohn O&#8217; Brien it is my name and Flowereel<sup class=\"tagairt-n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">2<\/sup> is my land<br \/>\nMy days are spent in merriment when my darling first I&#8217;d seen<br \/>\nI&#8217;m here alone living near the road in a place called sweet Gurteen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">1. Joe actually says &#8216;gentile,&#8217; although it seems clear that &#8216;gentle&#8217; is what he means.<\/p>\n<p class=\"n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">2. In the text of this ballad contained in Colm \u00d3 Lochlainn&#8217;s collection Irish Street Ballads, the place-name is given as &#8216;Flower Hills&#8217; (p. 44&ndash;5).<\/p>\n<p>Joe told Lucy Simpson that this song was very popular in Carna when he was growing up; his father had it, as did &#8216;another old man in the village, too, who used to come in and every time he came in he sang that song, too&#8217; (UW85-39.2). He said that there were two places named Gurteen (Ir. Goirt\u00edn; a small field), one in Sligo and the other outside Roundstone in Conamara; he thought the Sligo location was the more likely setting for the events of the song.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amhrain","category-amhrain-i-mbearla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}