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Lyr Req/ADD: A Drover (poem by Padraic Colum)
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Subject: The Drover From: GUEST,JTT Date: 28 Mar 01 - 11:45 AM Not a song but a poem. Has anyone got an online source for this poem, which starts:
"From Meath of the pastures I just can't track it down. |
Subject: Lyr Req: The Drover From: Sorcha Date: 28 Mar 01 - 11:58 AM Is this all of it?
The Drover
To Meath of the pastures,
I hear in the darkness
Then the wet, winding roads, (That's all I could find) |
Subject: ADD: A Drover (poem by Padraic Colum) From: GUEST,JTT Date: 07 Apr 01 - 04:06 AM Found it! Sorry for the different heading, but the Digitrad SEarch wasn't working. I love this poem, and wonder why no one's ever put it to music; it is so evocative of the feeling of a man for his animals, and the landscape of Ireland - and every Celt who ever breathed will identify with the love of cattle.
I remember as a child walking on a country road and wrinkling my nose to sneeze. The old man who was walking with me thought I was wrinkling it against the smell of cowpats we were following, and snatched at my arm. "Draw in your breath, child, and smell that smell," he said in his hoarse old voice (I still remember his smell of turf smoke, beasts and Sweet Afton cigarettes), "That's the smell of riches, for where you have cattle you have riches."
I hear in the darkness
Then, the wet, winding roads,
O! farmer, strong farmer!
And soldiers - red soldiers!
O! the smell of the beasts,
And the crowds at the fair,
(O! strong men; with your best
I will bring you, my kine, |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Drover From: GUEST,Erin Hart Date: 28 Jan 12 - 11:21 AM Pat Egan of Chulrua recorded a song version of this poem on THE SINGING KETTLE (http://www.paddyobrien.net/chulrua-the-singing-kettle/) Erin Hart |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Drover From: GUEST Date: 28 Jan 12 - 11:22 AM Meant to make the link live... http://www.paddyobrien.net/chulrua-the-singing-kettle/ |
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