Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 11:43:24 GMT -5
Am I boring you yet?
Another in the series of Pandemic World Basement Tapes, this time from a rearranged space in my basement; I'm standing rather than sitting; we'll see if it makes any difference. This is "Raglan Road", one the standard Irish tunes you'll often hear, with lyrics that are a poem by Patrick Kavanagh and music that comes from Edward Walsh a century earlier.
When I was in Ireland with Kelly Moffett and our students, we had a fantastic tour guide in Professor Muiris O'Sullivan, who is an historian and archeologist. When we were walking around Grafton Street, I asked Muiris about the second verse of this song: "The second verse goes 'On Grafton Street in November/ We tripped lightly along the ledge/ Of the deep ravine...' I've been here on Grafton Street three or four times now, and I've yet to come across a ledge or a ravine anywhere," I told him
He laughed. "The song's got it wrong," he answered (and I'm paraphrasing). "That's referring to the old canal, which was a couple streets over from here -- so it's a bit of artistic license."
If you get to Dublin, you'll probably go to Grafton Street, but you won't find either a ledge or a ravine. Just so you're not disappointed...
As always, this is a first take recording with any mistakes left in for you. If you're liking what I've been doing, why not subscribe to my channel?
Another in the series of Pandemic World Basement Tapes, this time from a rearranged space in my basement; I'm standing rather than sitting; we'll see if it makes any difference. This is "Raglan Road", one the standard Irish tunes you'll often hear, with lyrics that are a poem by Patrick Kavanagh and music that comes from Edward Walsh a century earlier.
When I was in Ireland with Kelly Moffett and our students, we had a fantastic tour guide in Professor Muiris O'Sullivan, who is an historian and archeologist. When we were walking around Grafton Street, I asked Muiris about the second verse of this song: "The second verse goes 'On Grafton Street in November/ We tripped lightly along the ledge/ Of the deep ravine...' I've been here on Grafton Street three or four times now, and I've yet to come across a ledge or a ravine anywhere," I told him
He laughed. "The song's got it wrong," he answered (and I'm paraphrasing). "That's referring to the old canal, which was a couple streets over from here -- so it's a bit of artistic license."
If you get to Dublin, you'll probably go to Grafton Street, but you won't find either a ledge or a ravine. Just so you're not disappointed...
As always, this is a first take recording with any mistakes left in for you. If you're liking what I've been doing, why not subscribe to my channel?