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Subject: Lyr Add: MESSAGE OF PEACE (John Boyle O'Reilly) From: Ezio Date: 16 Jan 98 - 05:23 AM MESSAGE OF PEACE
Poem: John Boyle O' Reilly*; music: Seàn Tyrrell)
Sung by Seàn Tyrrell on "Cry of a dreamer" (1995) |
Subject: RE: LYR ADD: Message of peace From: alanabit Date: 08 Jan 09 - 11:53 AM That is a great poem. Does anyone understand the apparent gibberish on the subsequent post?
__________________________________ Gibberish post deleted..... JoeClone |
Subject: RE: LYR ADD: Message of peace From: Jim Dixon Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:07 PM I don't know what the song sounds like, but it's certainly an extraordinary poem. You can see the original in Life of John Boyle O'Reilly by James Jeffrey Roche "Together with His Complete Poems and Speeches" edited by James Jeffrey Roche (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1891) There are 3 important differences: 1. Verse 5, line 1 should have "listen and smile." This corrects an awkward switch from past tense to present tense in the next lines. 2. There is a missing line after verse 5 line 3: "But his war-forges roar by night and by day." This completes the rhyme with "way." 3. In verse 7, line 1, the word is "Christian," not "Christmas." It must have been a challenge to fit this poem to music, with its irregular stanza length and rhyme scheme. I notice it could be somewhat regularized by reformatting it into 10 stanzas all having 4 lines—except for the 7th having 5—but even that is rather strange. |
Subject: RE: LYR ADD: Message of peace From: MartinRyan Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:31 PM Seán Tyrrell has done a lot of work in setting such poems to music. Not all have a regular stanza-based structure - they can be recitative (I think that's the word I'm looking for!) in character. I may have this one on CD - I'll check it out. Regards |
Subject: RE: LYR ADD: Message of peace From: MartinRyan Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:34 PM BTW, Seán is an extraordinary live performer - don't miss him if you ever have a chance. Regards |
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