"Cailín Óg a Stór" | |
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Song | |
Language | Irish |
English title | "The Croppy Boy" |
Published | 1582 |
Genre | Broadside ballad |
Songwriter(s) | Unknown |
Cailín Óg a Stór (Irish for "O Darling Young Girl") is a traditional Irish melody, originally accepted for publication in March 1582. [1] It may be the source of Pistol's cryptic line in Henry V, Caleno custure me. [2] It is part of a broadside collection from 1584. [3] The poem " The Croppy Boy" was set to this music, and it was later used for the tune of " Lord Franklin", which was the basis for the Bob Dylan song " Bob Dylan's Dream". The melody is also used for other Irish ballads including " McCafferty".
The tune has been used for other songs including " A Sailor's Life"; a 1908 Percy Grainger phonograph recording of a man from Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England can be heard on the British Library Sound Archive website. [4] [5]
"Cailín Óg a Stór" | |
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Song | |
Language | Irish |
English title | "The Croppy Boy" |
Published | 1582 |
Genre | Broadside ballad |
Songwriter(s) | Unknown |
Cailín Óg a Stór (Irish for "O Darling Young Girl") is a traditional Irish melody, originally accepted for publication in March 1582. [1] It may be the source of Pistol's cryptic line in Henry V, Caleno custure me. [2] It is part of a broadside collection from 1584. [3] The poem " The Croppy Boy" was set to this music, and it was later used for the tune of " Lord Franklin", which was the basis for the Bob Dylan song " Bob Dylan's Dream". The melody is also used for other Irish ballads including " McCafferty".
The tune has been used for other songs including " A Sailor's Life"; a 1908 Percy Grainger phonograph recording of a man from Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England can be heard on the British Library Sound Archive website. [4] [5]