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Not sure she's in step with the old ways, Global! I think she'll find that her costume (and those of her wingmen) is non-An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha compliant.Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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John, you're getting into controversial territoiry there!Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostNot sure she's in step with the old ways, Global! I think she'll find that her costume (and those of her wingmen) is non-An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha compliant.Comment
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I watched this video on dancing. It's about more than dancing, though you could pick up a few steps - it's about people, one or two in particular. You might give it a go, and if you're like me you'll be hooked and won't it want to stop. Not for everybody! Your dear wife might like this, John.
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What a nice bunch of people, Padraig! I like the idea of going round the houses with everyone - need to hop over the thistles, mind you.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
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Talking of the need to hop, John, the Slip Jig is the job for you! By popular acclaim here it is, and wait - it is repeated for slow learners - don't stop the video. So bow to your partner and hop to it. Celine and Michael Tubridy spell it out - it's easy. (he lied)Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostWhat a nice bunch of people, Padraig! I like the idea of going round the houses with everyone - need to hop over the thistles, mind you.
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A non traditional track this week...
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Seth Lakeman's been doing a folk tour of the British Isles on Radio 2 this last wee while - he was in Ireland for this week's programme - some mighty fine tunes in there.
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I don't think this song has been featured here before. It arose from my reading of a Heaney poem and a corresponding extract from one of his many interviews.
"D O'D In the poem Sean is asking you for 'the raw bar' . . .
S H The raw bar was an Ulsterism. It means a song without accompaniment.
And did you actually sing?
Chanted. Growled in recitative. I never had a singing voice, though there were things I did as party pieces.
Were you a regular at the ballad sessions in the sixties?
I didn't go to many concert performances but am one of the generation who felt the full blast of the Clancy Brothers breakthrough and listened to a lot of their early records . . . Marie was a good singer and had lovely songs from Ardboe, and I loved in particular to hear her do Slieve Gallon's Brae one of the most beautiful Northern airs named after our own local mountain . . . With Tony McAuley . . . and later David Hammond the repertoire was extended further and the roguery and revelry got still more unconstrained. But most of that activity was in our own houses and flats, late at night, after a meal or after the pubs shut".
Discussion of A Postcard From North Antrim, In Memory of Sean Armstrong, from Field Work, 1979, extracted from Stepping Stones, Interviews with Seamus Heaney, Dennis O'Driscoll 2008. pp222,223
The poem says it all. The song is for Irish Friday.Last edited by Padraig; 11-06-21, 11:56.Comment
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What a fine voice he had, Padraig.
I said earlier that I enjoyed Lakeman's skite through the folk music of Ireland on Radio 2 on Sunday - here's one that Seth played - Planxty live Dublin in '73 doing 'Raggle, Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair dom do laimh' - what a line-up!
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and, as a treat, Calling Home the Calves by the same feller (amazing video)
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Brilliant, Global. Shades of the Gloaming, not to mention welcoming in the Summer. And who couldn't but like na gamhna frolicking in the fields ( remember Bainne na mBo as na Gamhna? Milk of the Cow for the Calves? and the juice of the barley for me.)Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
Another old classic is this tune by Turlough OCarolan - and it must have travelled far to reach this neck of the woods:
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Treat indeed, Global - such beautiful simplicity from the feller.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostComment
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Well, there’s a bit of sadness for me right now, hope you don’t mind if I indulge my grief with Davy Spillane playing the pipes as only he can.
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