{"id":596,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/johnny-is-the-fairest-man\/"},"modified":"2015-10-06T16:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:40:53","slug":"johnny-is-the-fairest-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/johnny-is-the-fairest-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny is the Fairest Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Johnny is the Fairest Man<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-596-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/johnny-is-the-fairest-man.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/johnny-is-the-fairest-man.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/johnny-is-the-fairest-man.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/johnny-is-the-fairest-man.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> Johnny is the Fairest Man.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 843501.<\/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> 419.<\/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> 1983.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/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 on a May morning to take a pleasant walk<br \/>\nI sat down neath an old oak tree to hear two lovers talk;<br \/>\nTo hear what they might say, my dear, to hear what they might say<br \/>\nSo I would know a little more about love before I went away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Come and sit on the grass,&#8217; he said, &#8216;on the dewy grass,&#8217; said he<br \/>\n&#8216;It&#8217;s a long three quarters of a year or more since together we have been;<br \/>\nSince together we have been, my dear, since together we have been<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a long three quarters of a year or more since together we have been.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oh I&#8217;ll not sit on the grass,&#8217; said she, &#8216;now or any other time<br \/>\nMy heart is given to another fair one, and yours is no longer mine<br \/>\nYours is no longer mine, my dear, yours is no longer mine;<br \/>\nMy heart is given to another fair one, and yours is no longer mine.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>P stands for Paddy, I suppose, J for my love John<br \/>\nW stands for false Willie-O, but Johnny is the fairest one;<br \/>\nJohnny is the fairest man, my dear, Johnny is the fairest man<br \/>\nMy heart is given to another fair one, he&#8217;s Johnny, the fairest man.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll climb up an old oak tree, I&#8217;ll rob a little bird&#8217;s nest<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll climb down without breaking leaf or flower to the arms I love the best;<br \/>\nTo the arms I love the best; my dear, to the arms I love the best<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll climb down without breaking leaf or flower to the arms I love the best.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care what an old woman says, her days they are gone;<br \/>\nNeither do I care what a young maiden says, she&#8217;s false to many a man;<br \/>\nFalse to many a man, my dear, false to many a man<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t care what a young maiden says, she&#8217;s false to many a man.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/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-596","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\/596","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=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}