Beidh ríl againn - Fionán Mac Coluim

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:05 | by Eoghan

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Transcript

Ó, beidh ríl againn, beidh ríl againn,
Beidh ríl againn Dé Domhnaigh,
Beidh ríl againn cois taobh an chnoic
Is an cailín deas á foghlaim.

Táimse in[1] grá le cailín deas,
Táimse in grá gan dabht léi
Táimse in grá le cailín deas,
Is pósfad í Dé Domhnaigh.

Translation

Oh, we will have a reel, we will have a reel,
We will have a reel on Sunday,
We will have a reel by the side of the hill
And the nice girl learning it.

I'm in love with a nice girl,
I am undoubtedly in love with her,
I'm in love with a nice girl,
And I will marry her on Sunday.

Footnotes

Examples of the form in preceding a consonant are found in Waterford also. Cf. Seán Ua Súilleabháin, 'Gaeilge na Mumhan', in Kim McCone et al. (eds), Stair na Gaeilge (Maynooth, 1994), 479-538: 506. (Back)

Commentary

The present informant, Fionán Mac Coluim, published three verses of this song under the pseudonym 'Finghín na Leamhna', in Duanaireacht do leanbhaíbh (Dublin, 1914), 16-7. He included a fourth verse in the version he published in Cosa buidhe árda: cuid a haon (Dublin, 1924), 26-7. A shortened version was included in Donnchadh Ua Braoin, An cuaichín ceoil (Dublin, Belfast, Cork, c. 1930), 11. The melody has been used for many other humorous, playful and light songs. For example, 'Pósadh an Phaoraigh' as sung elsewhere in the Doegen collection is set to the same basic melody. See Breandán Breathnach, Ceol rince na hÉireann II (Dublin, 1976), 167-8, and P.W. Joyce, Irish music and song ([Dublin], 1901), 21-2, for other examples of songs set to this popular tune.

Title in English: We will have a reel
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: Fionán Mac Coluim from Co. Kerry
Person who made the recording: Wilhelm Doegen
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 13-09-1928 at 18:45:00 in Convent of Mercy, Killarney (office). Recorded on 13-09-1928 at 18:45:00 in Convent of Mercy, Killarney (office).
Archive recording (ID LA_1092d6, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:31 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1092d6, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:31 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1092d6, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:27 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1092d6, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:27 minutes long.

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