possibly by Antoine Ó Raifteirí (1784 - 1835) and possibly by Owen Roe MacWard
Róisín Dubh
Language: Irish (Gaelic)
A Róisín ná bíodh brón ort fé'r éirigh dhuit: Tá na bráithre 'teacht thar sáile 's iad ag triall ar muir, Tiocfaidh do phárdún ón bPápa is ón Róimh anoir 'S ní spárálfar fíon Spáinneach ar mo Róisín Dubh. Is fada an réim a léig mé léi ó inné 'dtí inniu, Trasna sléibhte go ndeachas léi, fé sheolta ar muir; An Éirne is chaith mé 'léim í, cé gur mór é an sruth; 'S bhí ceol téad ar gach taobh díom is mo Róisín Dubh. Mhairbh tú mé, a bhrídeach, is nárbh fhearrde dhuit, Is go bhfuil m'anam istigh i ngean ort 's ní inné ná inniu; D'fhág tú lag anbhann mé i ngné is i gcruth- Ná feall orm is mé i ngean ort, a Róisín Dubh. Shiúlfainn féin an drúcht leat is fásaigh ghoirt, Mar shúil go bhfaighinn rún uait nó páirt dem thoil. A chraoibhín chumhra, gheallais domhsa go raibh grá agat dom -'S gurab í fíor-scoth na Mumhan í, mo Róisín Dubh. Beidh an Éirne 'na tuiltibh tréana is réabfar cnoic, Beidh an fharraige 'na tonntaibh dearga is doirtfear fuil, Beidh gach gleann sléibhe ar fud Éireann is móinte ar crith, Lá éigin sula n-éagfaidh mo Róisín Dubh.
Note: the name "Owen Roe MacWard" was used by many bards of the same family.
Confirmed with An Duanaire 1600 - 1900 (Poems of the Dispossessed), ed. by Sean Ó Tuama, Dublin: The Dolmen Press / Bord na Gaeilge, 1981.
Authorship:
- possibly by Antoine Ó Raifteirí (1784 - 1835), "Róisín Dubh" [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
- possibly by Owen Roe MacWard , "Róisín Dubh" [author's text checked 2 times 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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Clarence Mangan (1803 - 1849) , "Dark Rosaleen" [an adaptation] ; composed by Alicia Adélaïda Needham, Cyril Meir Scott.
Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Gabriel Rosenstock
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-25
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