{"id":569,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/mantle-so-green-the\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T13:00:05","slug":"mantle-so-green-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/mantle-so-green-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Mantle So Green, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Mantle So Green, The<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-569-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mantle-so-green-the.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mantle-so-green-the.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mantle-so-green-the.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/mantle-so-green-the.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> Mantle So Green, The.<\/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> 714.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> N38.<\/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> Irish.<\/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 Tamer Seeman.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 1983.<\/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>As I went a-walking one evening in June<br \/>\nTo view the fair fields and meadows in bloom<br \/>\nI spied a young damsel, she appeared like a queen<br \/>\nWith her costly fine robes and her mantle so green.<\/p>\n<p>I stood in amazement, I was struck by surprise<br \/>\nI thought her an angel that fell from the skies<br \/>\nHer eyes like the diamonds, her cheeks like the rose<br \/>\nOne of the fairest that nature composed.<\/p>\n<p>Said I, &#8216;Pretty fair maid, if you&#8217;ll come with me<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll join in wedlock, married we&#8217;ll be<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll dress you rich attire, you&#8217;ll appear like a queen<br \/>\nWith your costly fine robes and your mantle so green.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She answered me, &#8216;Young man, you must be refused<br \/>\nFor I&#8217;ll wed with no man, you must me excuse<br \/>\nTo the green hills I&#8217;ll wander, to shun all men&#8217;s view<br \/>\nFor the lad I love dearly lies in famed Waterloo.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Since you&#8217;re not married, tell me your love&#8217;s name<br \/>\nI have been in battle, I might know the same<br \/>\n&#8216;Draw near to my garment and that you will see<br \/>\nHis name is embroidered on my mantle so green.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On the raising of her mantle it&#8217;s there I behold<br \/>\nHis name and his surname in letters of gold<br \/>\n&#8216;Young William O&#8217;Reilly appeared in my view<br \/>\nHe was my chief comrade in famed Waterloo.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He fought so victorious where bullets did fly<br \/>\nOn the field of Nevran your true love does lie<br \/>\nWe fought for three days &#8217;till the fourth afternoon<br \/>\nHe received his death summons on the eighteenth of June.&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;As he was dying I heard his last cry:<br \/>\n&#8216;Were you here lovely Nancy, content I would die!&#8217;<br \/>\nPeace is proclaimed and the truth I&#8217;ll declare<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s your true love&#8217;s token &#8211; the ring that I wear.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I stood in amazement as paler she grew<br \/>\nShe flew from my vision, her heart full of woe<br \/>\n&#8216;To the green hills I&#8217;ll wander for the lad that I love&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;Stop, lovely Nancy, your grief I&#8217;ll remove.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oh Nancy, lovely Nancy, it was I won your heart<br \/>\nIn your father&#8217;s garden that day we did part<br \/>\nIn your father&#8217;s garden by the shade of a tree<br \/>\nWhen I rolled you in my arms in your mantle so green.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This couple got married, I heard people say<br \/>\nThey had nobles to attend them on their wedding day<br \/>\nNow peace is proclaimed, and the war is all o&#8217;er<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re welcome to my arms, lovely Nancy, once more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p>One stanza of this song, along with a similar air, is given in P. W. Joyce, Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (London and Dublin, 1909), 151.<\/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-569","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\/569","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=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}