Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
Floydetta Gaelic trans.: Eamonn an Chnoic/Chniuic (51* d) RE: Gaelic trans.: Eamonn an Chniuic 19 Jun 10

I have been singing the version that Jimmy C shared for many years; I heard it on a Jean Redpath album called simply "Jean Redpath", and she calls it "Ned of the Hill". I will quote her notes on the album cover:

"Although this song has a double entendre, I think of it, and sing it, as a love song. Edmond O'Ryan, in supporting the Stuarts, was outlawed after the defeat of James II, and his estates confiscated. As in other songs, the 'Eileen' spoken of here can also be understood as Ireland herself. Samuel Lover (1797-1868)was the composer of this, and of the better known "LOW-BACKED CAR" AND "RORY O'MORE".

Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
   * Click on the linked number with * to view the thread split into pages (click "d" for chronologically descending).

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.