“The Granemore Hare”
Description
The boys from Maydown hunt a hare. The hare sings about the the strategy of the chase and how she has been trapped by the dogs. Dying, she blames McMahon for bringing Coyle and his dogs, changing the way the hunt had been carried out all these years.
Notes
Granemore and Maytown are in County Armagh. - BS
Cross references
- cf. "The Hare of Kilgrain" (theme: fatal hare hunt)
- cf. "The Innocent Hare" (theme: fatal hare hunt)
- cf. "The White Hare" (theme: fatal hare hunt)
Recordings
- Patsy Flynn, "The Grangemore Hare" (on IRHardySons)
References
- Morton-Ulster 42, "The Granemore Hare" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #2883
- BI, MorU042