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Subject: Dean Swift in folk culture From: Date: 17 May 99 - 03:36 PM Does anyone knows if ballads about Johnatan Swift exists in the irish folk tradition? If so, can you give informations about their texts, and about recordings where I could find them? |
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Subject: RE: Dean Swift in folk culture From: Martin _Ryan Date: 17 May 99 - 05:03 PM Interesting one. I can't think of any offhand - but have a vague recollection of the Deam being mentioned ...........aaaaaagh! Zosimus? Joyce?..It won't come! I'll try to remember.
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Subject: RE: Dean Swift in folk culture From: madhorse@tin.it Date: 18 May 99 - 05:26 PM As far as I know, Swift is somehow called 'The Dane'. About Joyce, I think you're right. |
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Subject: RE: Dean Swift in folk culture From: Martin Ryan Date: 20 May 99 - 05:32 AM "Dane" would be the Dublin pronunciation of "Dean" - he was dean (senior cleric) of St. Patricks Cathedral in Dublin. Regards |
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Subject: RE: Dean Swift in folk culture From: Martin Ryan Date: 28 May 99 - 02:55 PM Looking for something else today in the Irish Traditional Music Archive, I came across the words of a song about Swift and another allegedly BY him! Both in a book called "Songs of Ireland" (M J Barry?) published about 1846. No tunes - and I've never heard either. Regards |
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Subject: RE: Dean Swift in folk culture From: Peter T. Date: 28 May 99 - 03:55 PM I recollect from my Joycean days that there was a ballad about Phoenix Park that took Swift's quatrain as its chorus, that is: Behold this proof of Irish sense, Here Ireland can be seen! When nothing's left that's worth defence, They build a magazine." (A "magazine" is a soldier's armoury, of which one was built in Phoneix Park by the British Army of the day). But I didn't know anything about ballads in those days. It would make sense for there to be one about Wood's coinage, but I don't remember ever seeing reference to one that survived. Yours, PeterT. |
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Subject: RE: Dean Swift in folk culture From: Martin _Ryan Date: 29 May 99 - 09:32 AM Peter I made a copy - I'll get back with the details. Regards |
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