Item JCO-256547/259139 - John Congrave Collection. Cassette 2. Séamus Ennis at Carysfort [sound recording] / Séamus Ennis

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, speech in Irish A1, B1–2;
singing in Irish, English, Scots Gaelic and Welsh, A1, B1;
lilting A1, B1;
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish B1

Running Order:
1. Speech, Song and Lilting: Untitled [Part One of the second of two lectures in Irish given by Seamus Ennis to trainee schoolteachers; subject: children's songs, adult nonesense and extemporised verses, stories and lullabies; with singing and story-telling by Ennis in Irish, English and Scots Gaelic; topics: lullaby 'An Seanduine' [collected from Elizabeth Cronin]; lullaby 'Anonn is anall'; song/luibin 'Luibin o Lu'; song 'Deoin du o deighdil o'; lore and songs to do with the cuckoo – 'Cuach Mo Londubh Bui' and the background to the song – a relevant song in Welsh – one in Scots Gaelic – the song 'Bunclody'; 'An Chead La de Nollaig', a version in Irish of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'; the song 'Peigi na gCarad' and the story that is the background to it; 'An Cailin Rua' [melody: Finnegan's Wake]; 'Taid na Baid go Doimhin sa bhFarraige' [melody: Lannigan's Ball]; lore about faction fights – song 'Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me'; lore about fish, and the song 'The Herring Song' / 'The Song of the Herring' (repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling'); one could be executed for a crime like stealing – relevant song beginning 'An la sin a d'fhag me sraid an Chlochain Leith', collected from Hiudai Devanney [melody: Enniskillen Dragoons]; song about clogs (shoes with wooden soles)]
2. Speech, Song and Lilting: Untitled [Part Two of the second of two lectures in Irish given by Seamus Ennis to trainee schoolteachers; subject: children's songs, adult nonesense and extemporised verses, stories and lullabies; with singing and story-telling by Ennis in Irish, English and Scots Gaelic; topics: continuation from 1246a-ITMA-CS/CDR, track 1 of discussion of meaning of phrase 'O bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort' in songs – stock phrase used to give singer or song extemporiser time to think of what comes next; background to song 'Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse' and performance of it; 'Bim-se istoice ag ol' [melody: Moll Roe]; Rilam Ralam – vocables used in Scotland for cantaireacht (the vocal rendering of piping music) – sung examples given, including the reel 'Clagar na gCearc'; song popular among members of the Claisceadal, 'A shaighdiuirin a chroi'; American folksong learned from Library of Congress records sent to the Irish Folklore Commission by Alan Lomax – a version of the same song, 'Soldier, Soldier' as collected from Colm O Caoidheain, who did not understand English, and for whom SE had to translate the lyrics into Irish; lore about Mikey Byrnes, An Rinn, Co Waterford, song-writer and pyromaniac – song, 'The Racket' composed by him; song, 'An tSean-bhean Bhocht'; 'Brachan Lom' (= porridge), sung words to a dance tune; Amhran na hEala / The Swan's Song]
3. Speech: Untitled [Brief; introductory, at start of lecture?]