Down by the sally fields

[stevenmando]

I have been listing to the songs sung by Maura O,Connell and Nanci Griffith Down in the sally gardens and the song Trouble in the fields , does anyone know who wrote them, Maura O,Connell what a voice totaly have become a fan Thanks.

[JeffD]

Sally Gardens is, if I remember right, a William Butler Yeats poem put to a traditional Irish melody.

[Danny Packer]

trouble in the fields is written by nanci g and rick west.

[Bertram Henze]

Sally Gardens is, if I remember right, a William Butler Yeats poem put to a traditional Irish melody.

That's definitely right, and Sally Gardens is not the only of Yeats' poems that made it into music - I remember a nice version of Song of Wandering Aengus sung by Christy Moore.

Bertram

[PseudoCelt]

Yeats' poem was based on a half-remembered song he had heard. According to the sleeve notes on Planxty's "After the Break", the original song was "You Rambling Boys of Pleasure".

There's a video of Andy Irvine singing "You Rambling Boys..." here. The second verse seems to be the one Yeats recalled.

Patrick

[Chadmills]

"Cherish the Ladies" do a beautiful version of Yeats' poem "Ballad of the Foxhunter" to a slowed down version of Foxhunters' slip jig.

[allenhopkins]

Hmm, Sally Fields...wasn't she The Flying Nun?

[Bertram Henze]

Hmm, Sally Fields...wasn't she The Flying Nun?

free association can do wonders. I guess the names of thousands of Irish tunes were created that way, protecting the origin from being tracked down much better than 2048 bit Public Key Encryption could.

Bertram

[Woody Turner]

Another Yeats treasure put to music: Innisfree (Judy Collins; Grace Griffith)

[jbrwky]

Raglin Road started as a poem also, by Patrick Kavanaugh I think.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Yep, words by Paddy Kavanaugh music from Le Fainne Gheal an Lae...