by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The Traugh Welcome
Language: English
Shall a son of O'Donnel be cheerless and cold, While Mackenna's wide heart has a faggot to spare; While O'Donnel is poor shall Mackenna have gold, Or be cloth'd, while a limb of O'Donnel is bare? While sickness and hunger the sinews assail, Shall Mackenna, unmov'd, quaff his madder of mead; On the haunch of a deer shall Mackenna regale, While a chief of Tyrconnell is fainting for bread? No, enter my dwelling, my feast thou shalt share, On my pillow of rushes thy head shall recline: And bold is the heart and the hand that will dare To harm but one hair of a ringlet of thine. Then come to my home, 'tis the house of a friend, In the green woods of Traugh thou art safe from thy foes; Six sons of Mackenna thy steps shall attend, And their six sheathless skeans shall protect thy repose.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "The Traugh Welcome" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "The Traugh Welcome", WoO. 152 (25 irische Lieder) no. 24, G. 223 no. 24 (1810/3) [ voice, violin, violoncello, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Pertz) , "Wilkommen in Traugh"
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 148