“Wind That Shakes the Barley”
Description
"I sat within the valley green, I sat me with my true love." The singer tries to decide between love of a girl and love of country. He is saying goodbye when an English bullet kills the girl. Now, filled with sad memories, he goes to fight the English
Notes
The ballad is recorded on one of the CD's issued around the time of the bicentenial of the 1798 Irish Rebellion. See:
Franke Harte and Donal Lunny, "Wind That Shakes the Barley" (on Franke Harte and Donal Lunny, "1798 the First Year of Liberty," Hummingbird Records HBCD0014 (1998)) - BS
"The Wind That Shakes the Corn" appears to be a modern adaption of this rebel song, though I can't prove this. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Rolling Neuse" (theme)
Recordings
- The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (on IRClancyMakem03)
- Sarah Makem, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (on Voice08)
References
- PGalvin, pp. 98-99, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Moylan 63, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, WINDBARL WINDCORN
- Roud #2994
- BI, PGa098