"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" is a translation of an anonymous 17th-century Irish poem titled "Táim sínte ar do thuama".[1] It was translated into English several times, most notably by Frank O'Connor.[2]
| "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | Unknown |
| Songwriter(s) | Unknown |
"Taim Sinte ar do Thuamba", has been paired with music in at least two unrelated works: in Hymn #47 of Danta De: Idir Sean agus Nuad (the Trinity Sunday hymn "Dia an t-Athair do shealbhaig flaitheas naomhtha", 1928[3]), credited to Munster,[4][5] and in "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" by musician Philip King in 1979.[6]
The popular and current versions are influenced or rely heavily on the adapted version by King, which was recorded on the group Scullion's first album from 1979 on the Mulligan Records label (called Scullion) and titled "I Am Stretched on Your Grave".
Album recordings
edit| Artist | Album | Notes | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scullion | Scullion (self-titled) | 1979 | |
| Sinéad O'Connor | I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got | Credited King | 1990 |
| The Voice Squad | Holly Wood (TARA 4013),[7] | 1992 | |
| Dead Can Dance | Toward the Within | Credited King/O'Connor | 1993 |
| The Lennon Family | Dúchas Ceoil (CEFCD 167) | 1995 | |
| Kate Rusby | Hourglass | Credited King/O'Connor but altered it melodically | 1997 |
| Eden | Fire and Rain | 1997 | |
| Peter Mulvey (with backing vocals by Juliet Turner) | Glencree[8] | Live album | 1999 |
| Blood Axis and In Gowan Ring | Witch-Hunt: The Rites of Samhain | Live collaborative album | 1999 |
| The Bringers | It's About Time | 2000 | |
| Eden | Fire and Rain | 1997 | |
| Iarla Ó Lionáird | I Could Read the Sky,[9] | Film soundtrack | 2000 |
| Peta Webb (of the band "Oak") and Ken Hall | As Close As Can Be (Fellside Records) | Credited P.King/F.O'Connor/Trad | 2002 |
| Drunk and Disorderly | Second Edition | 2006 | |
| Charlotte Martin | Reproductions | 2007 | |
| Billy Miller & Misti Bernard | Moon Pale & Midnight | 2007 | |
| Abney Park | Lost Horizons | 2008 | |
| Runa | Stretched on Your Grave | 2011 | |
| Jennifer Culley Curtin | Comfort for the Comfortless | 2011 | |
| Johnny Hollow | A Collection of Creatures | 2014 | |
| Craic in the Stone | Say Yes to Craic | 2014 | |
| Eithne Ní Uallacháin | Bilingua (Gael Linn CEFCD206) | New melody | 2015 |
| The Lasses | Daughters | 2015 | |
| The New Customs | All Walls Fall | 2017 |
References
edit- ^ "Walsh's Irish Popular Songs", 1847, as "A Taim Sinte air do Thuamba"
- ^ O'Connor, Frank (trans). "I am Stretched on Your Grave". Lucy, Seán, (ed). Love Poems of the Irish, Cork: Mercier, 1967
- ^ "Microfilm of original sheet music", 1928
- ^ An Lóchrann March, 1918, 2, noted by Fionán Mac Coilm from "Tadhg MacCarthy of Emlagh", Prior, Co. Kerry
- ^ "Danta De: Idir Sean agus Nuad", 1928; tune of hymn #47 credited as "Taim Sinte ar do Thuamba", from Munster
- ^ Sleeve notes to 1979 Album Scullion
- ^ Sleeve notes to the album Holly Wood, 1992, TARA 4013
- ^ "Glencree - Peter Mulvey | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Real World Records