{"id":608,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/bean-phaidin\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T17:11:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:11:48","slug":"bean-phaidin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/bean-phaidin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-608-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bean-phaidin.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bean-phaidin.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bean-phaidin.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/bean-phaidin.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> Bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/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> none.<\/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> George MacIntyre.<\/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> George Mac Intyre.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 1964 &#8211; 1965.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> Clydebank, Scotland.<\/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>\u2026Well, it&#8217;s very simple. The story about &#8216;Bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn&#8217;, which means &#8216;P\u00e1id\u00edn&#8217;s Wife&#8217; is that she was desperate \u2014 she was desperate \u2014 this woman was desperate that P\u00e1id\u00edn&#8217;s wife would die, and she didn&#8217;t care how she&#8217;d die, so long as she&#8217;d get to marry P\u00e1id\u00edn herself. She was what the old saying says, she was mad after P\u00e1id\u00edn. But anyway, she composed the song, and she wished him \u2014 she wished P\u00e1id\u00edn&#8217;s wife was drowned, she wisher her legs and hands to get broken, her body broken, her hair fallen off \u2014 everything, anything to get P\u00e1id\u00edn\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Discusses the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/cailleach-an-airgid\/\"><cite class=\"amhr\u00e1n\">Cailleach an Airgid<\/cite><\/a>.<sup class=\"tagairt-n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">1<\/sup>]<\/p>\n<p>Is \u00e9 an trua gh\u00e9ar nach mise, nach mise,<br \/>\nIs \u00e9 an trua gh\u00e9ar nach mise bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn.<br \/>\nIs \u00e9 an trua gh\u00e9ar nach mise, nach mise,<br \/>\nA&#8217;s an bhean at\u00e1 aige a bheith caillte.<\/p>\n<p>Rachainn go Gaillimh, go Gaillimh,<br \/>\nIs rachainn go Gaillimh le P\u00e1id\u00edn.<br \/>\nRachainn go Gaillimh, go Gaillimh<br \/>\nIs thiocfainn abhaile sa mb\u00e1d leis.<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Go mbristear do chosa, do chosa,<br \/>\nGo mbristear do chosa, a bhean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn.<br \/>\nGo mbristear do chosa, do chosa,<br \/>\nGo mbristear do chosa a&#8217;s do chn\u00e1mha!<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Chuaigh m\u00e9 go haonach na Chloch\u00e1in<br \/>\nIsteach go B\u00e9al \u00c1tha na B\u00e1ighe.<br \/>\nBhreathnaigh m\u00e9 isteach thr\u00edd na fuinneoga\u00ed<br \/>\nI nd\u00fail is go bhfeicfinn bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[Sings <cite class=\"amhr\u00e1n\">Cailleach an Airgid<\/cite>]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"t:aistriuchan\">Translation<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pity I&#8217;m not, I&#8217;m not,<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a pity I&#8217;m not P\u00e1id\u00edn&#8217;s wife,<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a pity I&#8217;m not, I&#8217;m not &nbsp;<br \/>\nand his own wife dead!<\/p>\n<p>I would go to Galway, to Galway<br \/>\nI would go to Galway with P\u00e1id\u00edn,<br \/>\nI would go to Galway to Galway<br \/>\nand come home with him in the boat.<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p>\n<p>May your feet be broken, your feet,<br \/>\nMay your feet be broken wife of P\u00e1id\u00edn!<br \/>\nMay your feet be broken, your feet,<br \/>\nMay your feet be broken and your bones!<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I went to the market in Clifden,<br \/>\ninto B\u00e9al an \u00c1tha B\u00e1ighe;<br \/>\nI looked in through the windows<br \/>\nHoping to see P\u00e1id\u00edn&#8217;s wife.<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">1. Joe quite often sang <cite class=\"amhr\u00e1n\">Bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn<\/cite> and <cite class=\"amhr\u00e1n\">Cailleach an Airgid<\/cite> as a medley in this fashion\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">\u2026 and indeed, Joe\u2019s neighbour and contemporary, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Se%C3%A1n_%27ac_Dhonncha\">Johnny Joe Pheaits\u00edn<\/a> (Se\u00e1n \u2019ac&nbsp;Dhonncha) did so on the first of the <cite>Ceolta \u00c9ireann<\/cite> series of 78s issued by Gael Linn, under the title \u2018S\u00ed do Mhaime\u00f3 \u00ed\u2019:<\/p>\n<div class=\"micil-gr\u00e1ta-sh\u00edmpl\u00ed-soitheach-2\" id=\"a:johnny-seoighe-se\u00e1n-\u00f3-h\u00e9ighnigh-lss\">\n<figure class=\"micil-gr\u00e1ta-sh\u00edmpl\u00ed-p\u00e1iste\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-cl\u00fadach-a.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-cl\u00fadach-a.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption>Sleeve (front) of the first 78 in the <cite>Ceolta \u00c9ireann<\/cite> series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"micil-gr\u00e1ta-sh\u00edmpl\u00ed-p\u00e1iste\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-cl\u00fadach-b.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-cl\u00fadach-b.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption>Sleeve (back) of the first 78 in the <cite>Ceolta \u00c9ireann<\/cite> series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"micil-gr\u00e1ta-sh\u00edmpl\u00ed-p\u00e1iste\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-a.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-a.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption>The A-side of the first 78 in the <cite>Ceolta \u00c9ireann<\/cite> series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"micil-gr\u00e1ta-sh\u00edmpl\u00ed-p\u00e1iste\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-b.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/mbm\/78-bean-ph\u00e1id\u00edn-b.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption>The B-side of the first 78 in the <cite>Ceolta \u00c9ireann<\/cite> series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joe often also included the following stanza, but not on this occasion:<\/p>\n<p>Chaith m\u00e9 mo bhr\u00f3ga, mo bhr\u00f3ga,<br \/>\nChaith m\u00e9 mo bhr\u00f3ga i ndiaidh Ph\u00e1id\u00edn.<br \/>\nChaith m\u00e9 mo bhr\u00f3ga, mo bhr\u00f3ga,<br \/>\nChaith m\u00e9 na boinn is na s\u00e1la.<\/p>\n<p>[I&#8217;ve worn out my shoes, my shoes,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve worn out my shoes chasing after P\u00e1id\u00edn.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve worn out my shoes my shoes,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve worn out the soles and the heels.]<\/p>\n<p>We are grateful to George MacIntyre for permission to include this recording.<\/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":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amhrain","category-amhrain-i-ngaeilge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","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=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3787,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions\/3787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}