The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-22

sOng. Irish writer's p0int VIII ~ = D. 49, "
Lover. Grim, Callahan, Father Prcut,
NanxnpJ FurlonkS Afaginn, Lady Morgan, j
Curran, Drennans Orr, ETC., and cnaNenES III.
to rival them Their RoescsI c a,r love Owe
and women are tbs three great subjects JOE NJ
Iyric poetry, and that England has NOT Ri
dozen good songs on either OF those topics. 4.
In war they profess to ma n msa Pgs;t;sh L.
Grenadiers" Our love songs, with tne eA-
ception of two OF three sets OF verses, ny
Byron and Shelly, they condemn IN so Sa1or
what q Wholesale way, as coIu, oHH F
and beartless,n while even of our drinking
slaves they admit only jovial Bishop stllls
now somewhat archaic verses, "Joiiy goo0
| Ale and old" Even among our sea sons.,
1 forgetting Dibdins unrivalied series, CL.1 ey
profess to discover No only ret ON. and that
they say VIGOROUSLY WAS written by prinSe
Ho3rs' an Irishman, to Carolan's lively AIR,
s. The Princess Royal" To Haynes pay
ley they allow only taste Anu rnrm,xa,,
they grant grace and vigor, but mourning
, that deserves national recognition. In an
English lyric collections they complain
. that we have coolly appropriated, w.nu
, acknowled ement, the verses OF many eW,-
: : nent irish Writers, such as Congreve, Gola-
= | smith. Hoare Lover, Otway, Parneli, nos
Z Common, Sheridan and Swift. 1t Is useless,
we suppose, to remind them .nas shs Med
= |
!. the words Irish, Scotch and Welsh.
= Tom Moore does not by any means st':s
~ 70 modern Irish patriots. They allow hlm
" to be a great lyrist-only eqaalled; anaeeot
1t by Burns and Beranger ou' ne .ha scan.
~ hard half often enough for them. lney
- complain, too, that bis Tyre ID strung ~. 100
~ slockly: that he wants vehemence anu ING
e. sterner passions, and thae no spo ,a eam9
If finest songs by tinkling prettlness anu lan-
nd tastic images. They say that ne IS seio ON
co enough in earnest, and is, moreover, zoo
~ ~ refined and subtle in his dialect Tor the
Inv masses. He wished, in fact' TO Pisas.' anu
~. they wished to rouse. Moore, they cry,
ln tnrned minstrel in the tents OF the allen5
10y aud left no songs for the middle ana poorer
he classes, the real people OF Ireland. .,,e
inS All the national writer's confess Inar "; y;
::S old n at;onal sopas that were WRITTEN ~
In IN G Ireland are too sad and despairing. The
Anolo.Irish songs are generally mere
a;r tansle of threadbare jests, coarse r6aidIy
tho had metre and mock sentiment, s'oieu
hedge schoo,mastersI irish writer's are ais
,a;r narticularly indignant with the uproaTlou
!, "a ppnirar Irish songs which, writteR In Eng
t.as land hy the outrageous Saxon, OBTAIN cur
ad- rency in Ireland, too, aisso sther r Ilunde,
the er, bully Aoi'uAo
en- ard. ,o;nt in Irelan
mr. among thinkers is that even Tue DIV Ua aa.s
tad mo
'.e '. ,s;Wass are too coarse and trivial aooS
ae am the Fenians say they are seldom M
'.sn t;nnaI, INIT only clannish. The early SOM
en- celebrate a Mccarthy or an us, ~, 90
sides O'Connor OF an v GnGh O'NeiIps g Mar.
The tn Munster" or "Owen koe's vlecosy
III sn Re;nnburb.n no thought of a united natls
.eed arming against the saxon seems s 10 ,. aa
,liti- entered the mino VI ; rational creatul
pa Vonno ireland, is that the early enters we
form only Milesians, clan OF race o. 'onea'
hOut Ors. aarnast attan,,
Con transiatinn Moore's songs into Irish,
r.nder them familiar to the people,
still thew we're not satisfied. Inc trans
fiona were wanting in Celtic aoiom
navy, Ahovs all. the old airs in Moore's meiod
rough 80 vorv much corrupted, as are Low
:-.a ,sn There is, indeed, no doubt t
igious amons tbs irish patriotfi finds little to Ii
bitter though be admits the racketty Mun
lifted protsstapts wrote a few rattlipg, .vigoI
!, saUCs- like the "Rakes of Mallow," and
but to.t;nns strains like "The Protestant Bo
, mind Later they allow that Lysaghs VITO
Of the splendid song, ne maa Danman.
Interior Who wrote, )" The Wake Of William :, :
produced also the stirring sony, y
-, EErin frat rose.n The turbulent times q
whares found uItel az n. Co. r,llvinp- song, 6
mount OF Man; III II"C and n e. Cur
rch and Shean- an soCnN' rha Wearing of
e. = iS bean Green,'ethe most picturesque sue
as az oesn which has been made familiar by Mf.
y tPpa c;coult's clever dramatic version. Ia
,,, ID I've I've all appeared "Erin -Bragh," sP,
,aru ssie. SONG of doubtful parentage. VI al
y;fsIess irish drawing-room songs, only wv
I n.e tha, three by Lady Morgan, such as oav,
I'VE that Inhe and .Kate Kearney," and
Is, the;r or Eve others by various hands, nav
n;nS his come popular among all classes IN ils
'oiaSSv of In the present tasteful little vo
'c'eSy beautifully printed and carefully ARA
m t n,a Mr. Varian has gathered together vi
eva ,r;tI scattered ballads and songs by AlIDi
re-, oraat brennan, Campion, Davis, De we're,
Ter. Wilde, Wolfe, Sigerson, MeagneIT
.tion and Carthy, Ii. ~. Tho authors
has been. as he processes, to select n: :
ting the uositions which have yet appeared
With the popular volume. For this reason a
WIN yis's and Tom Moore's songs are ex
from this collection, which comPI Pre-
emit Wes- however, many true poems wri mt
the bulk nerisbable sheets or expensive cone
.ery small Among this band of Irish mlnstTt
ey appear Allngham stands OUT cohsp y u.s.,
v-minded song Among the Heather" toun'
most seem an old Ulster ballad, /" AS was &
C of their home from the feast OF Baily maii