Uylen'Session n°:14 / Emission du Lundi 1 Mars 2021
LES CHRONIQUES
The Origins of Present Day Tradition
1. The Russell Family of Doolin, Co. Clare - 'The Connemara Stocking' Miko - whistle, Pakie - anglo concertina enregistrement de terrain réalisé en 1975 au O'Connor's Bar, Doolin pour le label anglais Topic
2. Paddy Mac - 'The Gary Owen' (joué en set à la suite de 'The Irish Washerwoman' et 'The Swallow's Tail') ce jig est surtout joué aux USA
3. An Teallach Ceol - 'The Keel Row' "A light-hearted tune from my homeland (Scotland), but learned from the Irish Box player Josephine Marsh at the yearly RVIA (Rhine Valley Irish Association) Feis Ceoil (music festivals) in Alsace." ... originaire d'Ecosse, mais adopté par l'armée britannique et appris en Alsace d'une accordéoniste irlandaise !!! Globalization ...
4. Wilfrid Welti - 'The Harp that Once through Tara's Halls ...' "Old Irish song by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)" Encore une mélodie qui a beaucoup voyagé !
Le texte :
"THE HARP that once through Tara’s halls
The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls
As if that soul were fled.
So sleeps the pride of former days,
So glory’s thrill is o’er,
And hearts, that once beat high for praise,
Now feel that pulse no more.
No more to chiefs and ladies bright
The harp of Tara swells:
The chord alone, that breaks at night,
Its tale of ruin tells.
Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes,
The only throb she gives,
Is when some heart indignant breaks,
To show that still she lives.
Tara ... haut lieu de la culture irlandaise, site archéologique qui accueillait les élections des 'High Kings' d'Irlande avant la colonisation anglo-normande. Daniel O'Connell, champion catholique de l'émancipation irlandaise (ou vice versa), a tenu avant la Grande Famine dans ce lieu hautement symbolique un meeting qui attira des milliers d'auditeurs : quand on fouille le site à la recherche d'artefacts très anciens, on trouve souvent des détritus du XIXème !
5. Band of the Irish Guards - 'The Harp that Once through Tara's Halls ...' direction : Platoon Sergeant Major M.J. Henderson
6. Joe Ryan (fiddle) - The Blackbird enregistrement 'de terrain'
7. The Fitzgeralds Play - Miss Mc Leod's Reel session de pub
8. The Variants Project - A Fig for a Kiss (ou 'The Splashing of the Churn) - Give Us a Drink of Water - The Kid on the Mountain pipes solo
Et aussi ...
voir le lien ci-dessous pour une démonstration des pas de 'The Blackbird' :
Le texte de la chanson d'origine :
THE ROYAL BLACKBIRD
Upon a fine morning for soft recreation,
I heard a fair damsel making much moan,
Sighing and sobbing with sad lamentation
And saying :" My blackbird most royal has flown;
My thoughts they deceive me,
Reflection it grieves me,
And I'm overburdened with sad misery,
But if death should bind me,
As true love inclines me,
I'II seek out my blackbird wherever he be."
"The birds of the forest they all flock together
The turtle has chosen to dwell with the dove,
And I am resolved in fair or foul weather
Once more in the springtime to seek out my love;
He is all my heart's treasure,
My joy without measure,
Oh, love me, my love, for my heart is with thee,
He is constant and kind
And courageous of mind,
And I'II seek out my blackbird wherever he be."
"But if by the fowler my blackbird is taken
Then weeping and wailing will be all my tune,
But if he's alive, and I'm not mistaken,
I surely will see him in May or in June;
For him through hell-fire,
Though the joumey be dire,
I'll go, for I love him to such a degree,
Who is faithful and kind
And so noble of mind
That he carries a blessing wherever he be."
"And not the wide ocean can fright me with danger,
For though like a pilgrim I wander forlorn,
I may meet with some friendship from one that's a stranger
Before anyone that in England was born;
Oh, Heaven, so spacious
To England be gracious,
Though some there be odious to both him and me,
For bay of renown,
And laurel, shall crown,
My blackbird with honour wherever he be.
Le merle est une allégorie de Charles Stuart, de la dynastie Jacobite issue de James the 2nd, allégorie particulièrement transparente dans les derniers vers : même si certains en Angleterre sont odieux envers le merle (le prince catholique) et la jeune fille (l'Irlande), l'oiseau, où qu'il soit, sera couronné des lauriers de la gloire.
L'auteur de cette ballade aurait-il pu se douter de la fortune qu'allait connaître sa mélodie ?
