{"id":528,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/oreilly-the-fisherman\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T13:28:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T13:28:37","slug":"oreilly-the-fisherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/oreilly-the-fisherman\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Reilly the Fisherman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: O&#8217;Reilly the Fisherman<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-528-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/oreilly-the-fisherman.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/oreilly-the-fisherman.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/oreilly-the-fisherman.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/oreilly-the-fisherman.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> O&#8217;Reilly the Fisherman.<\/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> 270.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> M8.<\/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> Lucy Simpson.<\/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 roved out one evening fair down by the riverside<br \/>\nI heard a lovely maiden complain, the tears fell from her eyes<br \/>\n&#8216;This is a cold and stormy night,&#8217; those words she then did say<br \/>\n&#8216;My love is on the raging sea, bound for Americay.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>My love he was a fisherman, his age was scarce eighteen<br \/>\nHe was as nice a young man as ever yet was seen<br \/>\nMy father he had riches great, and Reilly he was poor<br \/>\nBecause I loved this fisherman, they could not him endure.<\/p>\n<p>John O&#8217;Reilly was my true-love&#8217;s name, reared near the town of Bray<br \/>\nMy mother took me by the hand, and these to me words did say:<br \/>\n&#8216;If you be fond of Reilly, let him quit this country;<br \/>\nYour father says he&#8217;ll take his life, so shun his company.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oh, Mother dear, don&#8217;t be severe! Where will you send my love?<br \/>\nMy very heart lies in his breast, as constant as a dove.&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;Oh, daughter dear, I&#8217;m not severe! Here is one thousand pounds,<br \/>\nSo send Reilly to America to purchase there some ground.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When Ellen got the money, to Reilly she did run<br \/>\nSaying, &#8216;This very night, to take your life, my father charged a gun!<br \/>\nHere is one thousand pound in gold my mother sent to you;<br \/>\nSo sail away to Americay, and I will follow you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When Reilly got the money, next day he sailed away<br \/>\nAnd when he put his foot on board, these words she then did say:<br \/>\n&#8216;Here is a token of true love, and we&#8217;ll break it now in two.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll have my heart and half my ring until I find out you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It was three months after, as she was waiting by the shore,<br \/>\nWhen Reilly he came back again to take his love away.<br \/>\nThe ship was wrecked; all hands were lost; her father grieved full sore<br \/>\nAnd found Reilly in her arms, and they drowned upon the shore.<\/p>\n<p>He found a letter on her breast, and it was wrote with blood<br \/>\nSaying, &#8216;Cruel was my father, that thought to shoot my love.&#8217;<br \/>\nSo let this now be a warning to all fair maids so gay:<br \/>\nTo never let the lads they love go to Americay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p>On this occasion, Joe turns the tables on Lucy Simpson, asking her to sing a song, and quizzing her about where she got it. She has chosen a song that she found in a book by Manus O&#8217;Connor, Old Time Songs and Ballads of Ireland (1901). As no tune is given in her source, she has chosen the air frequently associated with &#8216;The Lowlands of Holland.&#8217; After Lucy sings it, Joe suggests a second tune that would also be suitable, &#8216;The Moon Behind the Hill;&#8217; the two of them then sing it together.<\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderful, intimate example, showing Joe&#8217;s infectious enthusiasm for a new song, his encouragement of a student (who was also a close friend), and his instant ability to get to grips with a new text and make sound artistic suggestions as regards line-reading and choice of air.<\/p>\n<p>This song &#8211; which originally circulated as a broadside ballad &#8211; is still to be heard in Ireland. It is the repertoire of John Kennedy of Cullybackey, Co. Antrim; see Fintan Vallely, John Kennedy: Together in Time, Loughshore Traditions Group, (2001), 31. In addition, Patrick W. Joyce includes a few stanzas of &#8216;O&#8217;Reilly the Fisherman,&#8217; as well as an air that he says was traditionally associated with it, in Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), 29.<\/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-528","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\/528","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=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}