{"id":1210,"date":"2016-01-17T10:52:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T10:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2016-01-17T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T10:54:03","slug":"mrs-mc-grath-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/mrs-mc-grath-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs Mc Grath (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Mrs Mc&nbsp;Grath (2)<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1210-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mrs-mc-grath-2.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mrs-mc-grath-2.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mrs-mc-grath-2.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mrs-mc-grath-2.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> Mrs Mc&nbsp;Grath (2).<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/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> 678.<\/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> Geordie Mac&nbsp;Intyre.<\/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, Geordie Mac&nbsp;Intyre.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a th\u00f3g <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Collector)<\/span>:<\/span> Geordie McIntyre.<\/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> Clydebank, Scotland.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Oc\u00e1id an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Occasion)<\/span>:<\/span> private.<\/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>&#8216;Oh, Mrs Mc&nbsp;Grath&#8217;, the sergeant said,<br \/>\n&#8216;Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted?<br \/>\nWith a nice fur coat and a big cocked hat<br \/>\nMrs Mc&nbsp;Grath, wouldn&#8217;t you like that?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>Now, Mrs Mc&nbsp;Grath lived on the seashore<br \/>\nFor the space of seven long years or more<br \/>\n&#8216;Til she saw a big ship sailing into the quay<br \/>\n&#8216;It&#8217;s my son Ted, musha clear the way!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oh captain, dear, where have you been?<br \/>\nHave you been on the Mediterranean?<br \/>\nOr have you any tidings of my son Ted?<br \/>\nIs the poor boy living or is he dead?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>Out stepped Ted without any legs<br \/>\nIn their place were two wooden pegs<br \/>\nShe kissed him a dozen times or two<br \/>\nSaying, &#8216;Holy Moses! It isn&#8217;t you!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well then, were you drunk or were you blind<br \/>\nThat you left your two fine legs behind?<br \/>\nOr was it walking across the sea<br \/>\nWhere your two fine legs from the knees away?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove dun the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oh, I wasn&#8217;t drunk and I wasn&#8217;t blind<br \/>\nWhen I left my two fine legs behind<br \/>\nBut a cannonball on the first of May<br \/>\nStole my two fine legs from the knees away.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove dun \/ beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well Teddy me dear&#8217; the widow cried<br \/>\n&#8216;Your two fine legs were your mammy&#8217;s pride.<br \/>\nThem stumps of a tree won&#8217;t do at all<br \/>\nWhy didn&#8217;t you run from the big cannonball?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove dun \/beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now foreign wars do I declare<br \/>\nBetween Don John and the King of Spain<br \/>\nAnd be heaven, I&#8217;ll make them rue the day<br \/>\nThey took the legs of a child of mine!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove dun \/ beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then Ted if I had you back again<br \/>\nI&#8217;d never let you go and fight the King of Spain<br \/>\nFor I&#8217;d rather me Ted as he used to be<br \/>\nThan the King of France and his whole navy!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With me too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah<br \/>\nWith the too-rye-ah, fol-the-deedle-dah<br \/>\nToo-rya oo-rye oo-rye ah.<br \/>\nLove beg the cracker-oh!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amhrain","category-amhrain-i-mbearla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1213,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}