{"id":427,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/boolavogue\/"},"modified":"2015-10-06T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T14:35:37","slug":"boolavogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/boolavogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Boolavogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Boolavogue<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-427-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/boolavogue.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/boolavogue.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/boolavogue.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/boolavogue.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"dmeite\">\n<p><span class=\"nmeite\" id=\"neasc-nocht-ceilth\">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> Boolavogue.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 853916.<\/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> 2356.<\/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> 12\/08\/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>This song is about a priest who had led a group of peasants, or rebels as they were called, against the English at Wexford in 1798. The peasants- They were beaten anyway by the British. And the priest was taken and his body was broken at the rack. And that&#8217;s- The song is all about Fr. Michael Murphy, a young priest who saw the suffering of the people and tried to help them &#8211; say, something like a Joan of Arc or something. Anyway that&#8217;s the story. And he came from a place called Boolavogue, which is a town in Wexford, that&#8217;s the title of the song. Some people call it &#8216;Father Murphy&#8217; and some people call it &#8216;Boolavogue.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>At Boolavogue, when the sun was setting o&#8217;er the bright May meadows of Shelmalier,<br \/>\nA rebel hand set the heather blazing, and brought the neighbours from far and near,<br \/>\nAnd Father Murphy from old Kilcormack set up the rocks with a warning cry:<br \/>\n&#8216;Arm! Arm!&#8217; he cried, &#8216;I have come to lead you, for Ireland&#8217;s freedom we&#8217;ll live or die.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He led us on &#8216;gainst the coming soldiers; the cowardly Yeomen we put to flight;<br \/>\n&#8216;Twas at the Harrow the boys of Wexford showed Bookey&#8217;s Regiment how men could fight!<br \/>\nLook out for hirelings, King George of England! Search ev&#8217;ry kingdom where breathes a slave!<br \/>\nFor Father Murphy of the County Wexford sweeps o&#8217;er the land like a mighty wave.<\/p>\n<p>We took Camolin and Enniscorthy, and Wexford storming drove out our foe;<br \/>\n&#8216;Twas at Sliabh Coillte our pikes were reeking with the crimson stream of the beaten Yeos.<br \/>\nAt Tubberneering and Ballyellis full many a Hessian lay in his gore;<br \/>\nOh, Father Murphy, had aid come over, the green flag floated from shore to shore!<\/p>\n<p>At Vinegar Hill, near the pleasant Slaney, our heroes vainly fought back to back;<br \/>\nBut the Yeos at Tullow siezed Father Murphy and broke his body upon the rack.<br \/>\nGod grant you glory, brave Father Murphy! The light of heaven to all your men!<br \/>\nThe cause that called you may call tomorrow in another fight for the Green again!<\/p>\n<p>JH: It&#8217;s an absolutely true story, what happened to Father Murphy, and how it happened. How King George was King of England at the time.<\/p>\n<p>LS: Does anybody know who wrote that song?<\/p>\n<p>JH: I&#8217;ll tell you the truth, I don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t know who wrote that song.<\/p>\n<p>LS: Is that one your father sang?<\/p>\n<p>JH: He used to, but it wasn&#8217;t one of his specialities, you know. He used to sing it. In fact, everybody knew it. &#8216;Father Murphy&#8217; they called it. Everybody knew it.<\/p>\n<p>LS: Does everybody still know it? Is it still very well-known?<\/p>\n<p>JH: It&#8217;s still very well-known. It&#8217;s a well-known song, and it&#8217;s one of the- They call it the &#8216;daddy&#8217; of all the patriotic or rebel songs. And you know it, it&#8217;s the same air as, eh, &#8216;[Come] Lay me down and treat me [decent].&#8217; Well it is a very well-known song. &hellip; in fact, I never, I never, in fact, I never sing that song.<\/p>\n<p>LS: How come?<\/p>\n<p>JH: Just because of the way things are at the moment, I want to avoid all rebel songs, you know, that is one reason. Because you nev- It might start, you know, something that I would never think of doing myself. You know what I mean, some people get excited, and, you know what I mean, I never do it. I was often asked, but I never, since that trouble started ten years ago, I never sang one at a concert since, you know. &#8216;Cause I don&#8217;t want to know, to offend anybody. You know, there&#8217;s enough trouble without starting something. You know, one thing leads to another &#8211; better avoid them.<\/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-427","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\/427","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=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}