{"id":693,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/bonny-bunch-of-roses-the\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T09:03:26","slug":"bonny-bunch-of-roses-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/bonny-bunch-of-roses-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonny Bunch of Roses, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Bonny Bunch of Roses, The<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-693-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bonny-bunch-of-roses-the.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bonny-bunch-of-roses-the.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bonny-bunch-of-roses-the.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bonny-bunch-of-roses-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> Bonny Bunch of Roses, 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> 855412.<\/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> 664.<\/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> Robin Hiteshew.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 16\/03\/1980.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> Devon, 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> concert.<\/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>There was a time when England, Ireland and Scotland was more or less one. During Napoleon&#8217;s period, now, time, you know, the name given to England, Ireland and Scotland was &#8216;the bonny bunch of roses.&#8217; And this is the story of Napoleon&#8217;s son, and the conversation with his mother. And he said he was going to emulate his father, and take an army and conquer Moscow, and then return and get the bonny bunch of roses. But his mother told him, &#8216;Your father tried the same thing; now he&#8217;s dead in St Helena. Anyway, you&#8217;re on your deathbed,&#8217; she said, &#8216;so stay there.&#8217; Here&#8217;s what happened:<\/p>\n<p>By the margin of the ocean, one pleasant evening in the month of June<br \/>\nWhen all the feathered songsters their liquid notes they sweetly tuned<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s there I met a female, on her features were signs of woe<br \/>\nConversing with young Bonaparte concerning the bonny bunch of roses-o.<\/p>\n<p>Out speaks the young Napoleon, he takes his mother by the hand<br \/>\nSaying &#8216;Mother, dear, be patient, until I&#8217;m able to take command;<br \/>\nThen I&#8217;ll raise a mighty army and through tremendous dangers go,<br \/>\nAnd ne&#8217;er will I return again til I conquer the bonny bunch of roses-o.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When first you met great Bonaparte you fell upon your bended knees<br \/>\nYou asked your father&#8217;s life of him; he granted it right manfully.<br \/>\nTwas then he took an army and o&#8217;er the frozen Alps did go;<br \/>\nHe said &#8216;I&#8217;ll conquer Moscow, and return for the bonny bunch of roses-o.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He took six hundred thousand men and kings likewise to bear his train;<br \/>\nHe was so well provided-for that he could sweep the world for gain.<br \/>\nBut when he came to Moscow he was overpowered by sleet and snow<br \/>\nAnd with Moscow all a-blazing he lost the bonny bunch of roses-o.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now, Son, be not too venturesome, for England is the heart of oak,<br \/>\nAnd England, Ireland, Scotland, their unity shall ne&#8217;er be broke.<br \/>\nRemember your brave father: in St Helena he lies low.<br \/>\nAnd if you follow after, beware of the bonny bunch of roses-o.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now, Mother dear, I bid you adieu; I now lie on my dying bed;<br \/>\nIf I&#8217;d &#8216;a lived I&#8217;d be more clever; but now I droop my youthful head.<br \/>\nAnd when my bones lie mouldering, and weeping willows o&#8217;er me grow<br \/>\nThe name of young Napoleon will enshrine the bonny bunch of roses-o.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p>This song appears, to a different air, in Colm O Lochlainn, Irish Street Ballads (Dublin, 1939), 32.<\/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-693","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\/693","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=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}