Songs from the Craic Pipe #9 - The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly was written by James Joyce and appears in his magnum opus Finnegan's Wake. It concerns the character Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker (Here Comes Everybody, Haveth Childers Everywhere) and allegations of sexual misconduct that were made against him in the form of rumours which spread across Dublin. There is so much to unpack with this song and just looking up the references contained in each line will provide many days of fascinating and hilarious education. Apparently the entire book - considered to be written in some kind of primordial 'Babylonish dialect' - uses over 80 different languages. I can detect elements of at least 9 here...Maybe you can hear more?
I have to credit Ronnie Drew and Barry Gleeson for the heavy inspiration of their versions.
I recorded this in a Martello tower in South Dublin, even though I am neither stately nor plump.
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More of this! Song, poetry, theatre. Inspirational
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Great stuff, Ian. :)
Thanks Dr. Jimmy!
Raw. Love these. Keep her lit.
Nice one Fin!
Decolonising Ireland one Napoleonic era structure at a time
Great work as always Ian!
Hahha, rumbled!!!
Wow, you're upgrading the scenography here. You even have a light show now ! 😁
Thanks for this one, I think I only know J. Joyce for his Ulysses. I'll add Finnegans wake to my "to read list"
Getting fancy in my old age :) Good luck with FW, its a serious undertaking!
@@FireDrawNear hmm I'll borrow the original version first and if it's too difficult I'll switch for the french translation. But I don't have any illusions, it took almost 20 years to the poor guy to translate ! We'll be much older and fancier when I will be ready to talk about it 😅
@@lauravreysen574 Read it in English, out loud, and maybe with a few friends! :)
@@drjobm looking forward to that day when we will meet safely with our friends again !