{"id":538,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/if-i-were-a-blackbird\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T11:53:37","slug":"if-i-were-a-blackbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/if-i-were-a-blackbird\/","title":{"rendered":"If I were a Blackbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: If I were a Blackbird<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-538-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/if-i-were-a-blackbird.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/if-i-were-a-blackbird.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/if-i-were-a-blackbird.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/if-i-were-a-blackbird.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> If I were a Blackbird.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 843503.<\/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> 387.<\/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> Sonia Tamar Seeman.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 1982.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> University of Washington, 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>If I were a blackbird I&#8217;d whistle and sing<br \/>\nI&#8217;d follow the ship that my true love sails in<br \/>\nOn the top rigging I&#8217;d there build my nest<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;d pillow my head on his lily-white breast.<\/p>\n<p>I am young maiden, my story is sad<br \/>\nFor once I was courted by a brave sailor lad;<br \/>\nHe courted me truly by night and by day,<br \/>\nAnd now he has left me and gone far away.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>He sailed o&#8217;er the ocean his fortune to seek<br \/>\nI miss his caresses, his kiss on my cheek<br \/>\nHe courted my truly, his friendship was warm<br \/>\nAnd I long for the sight of his brave manly form.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>He promised to take me to Donnybrook Fair<br \/>\nAnd he&#8217;d buy me a red ribbon to tie up my hair<br \/>\nHe then left me with a turn of the tide<br \/>\nAnd he promised to make me his own darling bride.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>His parents they chided me, I would not agree<br \/>\nThat me and my bonnie boy married should be<br \/>\nBut let them deride me, or say what they will<br \/>\nWhile I&#8217;ve blood in my body, he&#8217;s the lad I love still.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p>This song appears, with a variant of the same air, in Colm O Lochlainn, Irish Street Ballads (Dublin, 1939), 92. 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