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tunes with Irish and English lyrics? not so much macaronic as all in English and all in Irish, but using the same melody eg. Bould Thady Quill/Cill Aodáin, Fainne Geal an Lae/raglan road

tunes with Irish and English lyrics? not so much macaronic as all in English and all in Irish, but using the same melody eg. Bould Thady Quill/Cill Aodáin, Fainne Geal an Lae/raglan road

Can ye think of any more pairs? Go raibh míle

# Posted on April 1st 2009 by lughlamh

Re: tunes with Irish and English lyrics? not so much macaronic as all in English and all in Irish, but using the same melody eg. Bould Thady Quill/Cill Aodáin, Fainne Geal an Lae/raglan road

I think The Lark In The Clear Air is one of these.

Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century songwriters and poets often took old Irish tunes and Irish-language songs and translated them, or gave them new words, in English for audiences or readers who only or mainly spoke English. This was done in Ascendancy and Republican circles alike, as far as I'm aware.

# Posted on April 1st 2009 by nicholas

Re: tunes with Irish and English lyrics? not so much macaronic as all in English and all in Irish, but using the same melody eg. Bould Thady Quill/Cill Aodáin, Fainne Geal an Lae/raglan road

The song My Bonny Lad shares a melody with the first part of the tune Biddy From Sligo.



# Posted on April 1st 2009 by Dragut Reis

Re: tunes with Irish and English lyrics? not so much macaronic as all in English and all in Irish, but using the same melody eg. Bould Thady Quill/Cill Aodáin, Fainne Geal an Lae/raglan road

Cé leis an té leis an té leis na baineann sé dó/Johnny Jump Up

I I have the two Ceolta Gael books with lyrics in Irish but my sightreading isn't the best. It makes it easier if I already know the melody from an English language ballad

# Posted on April 1st 2009 by lughlamh

Re: tunes with Irish and English lyrics? not so much macaronic as all in English and all in Irish, but using the same melody eg. Bould Thady Quill/Cill Aodáin, Fainne Geal an Lae/raglan road

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/84

a fav of mine, cheers

# Posted on April 1st 2009 by pipewatcher

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