“The Bard of Armagh”

Description

"O, list to the tale of a poor Irish harper... Remember those fingers could once move much sharper To waken the echoes of his dear native land." The bard recalls the days of his youth and vigor, then makes requests for his death and burial

Cross references

• cf. "The Unfortunate Rake" (tune, subject) and references there
• cf. "The Streets of Laredo" [Laws B1] (tune, subject) and references there

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Firth b.25(11), "The Bard of Armagh", P. Brereton (Dublin), c.1867; also Harding B 26(35), "The Bard of Armagh"
• LOCSheet, sm1873 14657, "The Bard of Armagh", E. H. Harding (New York), 1873 (tune)

Recordings

• Margaret Barry, "The Bard of Armagh" (on IRMBarry-Fairs)
• The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, "The Bard of Armagh" (on IRClancyMakem02)

References

1. Silber-FSWB, p. 320, "The Bard of Armagh" (1 text)
2. O'Conor, p. 50, "The Bard of Armagh" (1 text
3. Hayward-Ulster, pp. 65-66, "The Bard of Armagh" (1 text)DT, BARDARMA*
4. ADDITIONAL: Richard Hayward, Ireland Calling (Glasgow,n.d.), p. 10, "The Bard of Armagh" (text and music)
5. Kathleen Hoagland, editor, One Thousand Years of Irish Poetry (New York, 1947), p. 248, "Bold Phelim Brady, the Bard of Armagh" (1 text)
6. Roud #2654
7. BI, FSWB320B