{"id":387,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/red-haired-mary\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:09:30","slug":"red-haired-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/red-haired-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-Haired Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Red-Haired Mary<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-387-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/red-haired-mary.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/red-haired-mary.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/red-haired-mary.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/red-haired-mary.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> Red-Haired Mary.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 853914.<\/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> 34588.<\/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> Lucy Simpson.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 02\/06\/1980.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America.<\/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>As I was going to the Fair of Dingle,<br \/>\nOne fine morning last July,<br \/>\nWalking down the road before me,<br \/>\nA red-haired girl I chanced to spy.<\/p>\n<p>Says I to her, &#8216;My fair young damsel,<br \/>\nMy old donkey, he will carry two.&#8217;<br \/>\nShe looked at me, her eyes a-twinkle<br \/>\nAnd her cheeks they were a rosy hue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank you kindly, sir,&#8217; she answered<br \/>\nThen she tossed her bright red hair<br \/>\n&#8216;Seeing that you have a donkey,<br \/>\nI will ride with you to the Dingle Fair.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When we reached the Fair of Dingle,<br \/>\nI took her hand to say goodbye.<br \/>\nWhen a tinker man, he stepped up to me,<br \/>\nAnd he belted me in my left eye.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your hands off Red-Haired Mary,<br \/>\nHer and I are to be wed.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll see the priest this very morning,<br \/>\nTonight we&#8217;ll lie in our marriage bed.<\/p>\n<p>I was feelin kinda peevish,<br \/>\nMy poor old eye was feeling sore,<br \/>\nSo I hit him gently with my hobnails<br \/>\nHe flew in through Murphy&#8217;s door.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>Then he went and got his brother,<br \/>\nThe biggest man I ever did see,<br \/>\nHe tapped me gently with his knuckles,<br \/>\nAnd I lost my two front teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>Then a peeler came round the corner,<br \/>\nTold me I had broke the law<br \/>\nBut a donkey kicked him with his hind legs<br \/>\nHe fell down and broke his jaw.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>But the red-haired girl, she kept on smiling,<br \/>\n&#8216;I&#8217;ll go with you, young man&#8217; she said.<br \/>\n&#8216;We&#8217;ll forget the priest this very morning,<br \/>\nAnd tonight we&#8217;ll lie in Murphy&#8217;s shed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Keep your hands off Red-Haired Mary,<br \/>\nHer and I are to be wed.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll forget the priest this very morning,<br \/>\nTonight we&#8217;ll lie in Murphy&#8217;s shed<\/p>\n<p>Through the fair we roved together<br \/>\nMy black eye and her red hair<br \/>\nSmiling gently at the tinker &#8211;<br \/>\nBegod we were a handsome pair!<\/p>\n<p>Keep your hands off Red-Haired Mary,<br \/>\nHer and I are to be wed.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll forget the priest this very morning,<br \/>\nTonight we&#8217;ll lie in Murphy&#8217;s shed!<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p>Despite Joe&#8217;s doubts, this song was indeed composed by Se\u00e1n Mc\u00a0Carthy (1923\u201390), from Listowel, County Kerry. Mc\u00a0Carthy was a prolific songwriter and radio host.<\/p>\n<p>The mention of the red-haired woman sets Joe talking about the bad luck associated with red-headed women and with rabbits, especially to sailors, and he appears to be arguing that the song may be an old one because its subject is a woman with red hair. He overlooks the fact that the song doesn&#8217;t actually refer to such superstitions \u2014 although there may be some implication of bad luck, given the narrator&#8217;s black eye and missing teeth.<\/p>\n<\/div>","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-387","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\/387","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=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3625,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/3625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}