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"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836-1883), a Limerick-born poet and professor of English literature. The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the cauldron of violence associated with the 1798 rebellion in Ireland. The references to barley in the song derive from the fact that the rebels often carried barley oats in their pockets as provisions for when on the march. This gave rise to the post-rebellion phenomenon of barley growing and marking the "croppy-holes," mass unmarked graves which slain rebels were thrown into, symbolising the regenerative nature of Irish resistance to British rule. :iconbigheartplz:
"I sat within the valley green, I sat me with my true love
My sad heart strove the two between, the old love and the new love
The old for her, the new that made me think on Ireland dearly
While soft the wind blew down the glen and shook the golden barley
'Twas hard the woeful words to frame to break the ties that bound us
But harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us
And so I said, "The mountain glen I'll seek at morning early
And join the bold united men, while soft winds shake the barley"
While sad I kissed away her tears, my fond arms round her flinging
The foeman's shot burst on our ears from out the wildwood ringing
A bullet pierced my true love's side in life's young spring so early
And on my breast in blood she died while soft winds shook the barley
But blood for blood without remorse I've taken at Oulart Hollow
And laid my true love's clay cold corpse where I full soon may follow
As round her grave I wander drear, noon, night and morning early
With breaking heart when e'er I hear the wind that shakes the barley
the wind that shakes the barley"
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8 years ago
Gerald Costello
I'd loved for years the movie entitled "The Wind That Shakes That Barley" but only recently heard this beautiful, typically Irish tragic haunting melody. If it wasn't for the past that they have been though no such great songs could have been written.8 years ago
joseph orlando
Song by the Irish bard Dolores Keane an authority on matters of the heart. . . .8 years ago
Najat57
heart-rending...I don't think anyone can do it better.9 years ago
Michael Mcgrath
I think Dolores Keane is fantastic with her songs super entintainteer well done Dolores9 years ago
art724
Filmitis - My ancestors fought at Vinegar Hill. Visiting there in 1999 was one of the most moving moments of my life. I kissed the Windmill in memory of my grandfather who never made it there. My wife and I commented that almost everyone looked like us. That isn't so in New Jersey. We went back to Ireland in 2003 and noticed how so much had changed in four short years. I'm not saying anything derogatory about any of the nationalities that have emigrated to Ireland. But they have changed the country. I can't imaging how much more the country has changed from 2003 to 2014. 9 years ago
Tony Fitzgibbon Fiddle Player
Brilliant version!9 years ago
Lilly Latsis
The references to barley in the song derive from the fact that the rebels often carried barley oats in their pockets as provisions for when on the march. This gave rise to the post-rebellion phenomenon of barley growing and marking the "croppy-holes," mass unmarked graves which slain rebels were thrown into, symbolising the regenerative nature of Irish resistance to British rule.9 years ago
muisire
Such a majestic song wonderfully and sympathetically sung by the great Dolores Keane.9 years ago
Filmitis
This song is about the 1798 rebellion & the fight for Irish freedom. I was born in Ireland in the the beautiful town of Enniscorthy, in the shadow of Vinegar Hill where the Irish were slaughtered by the British in 1798. I left there when I was 14 when the family moved to England. I went to uni,built a career and eventually lived & worked in Hong Kong for many years. I went back to my country recently after 30 yrs away and,my goodness,what I shock I got. The once friendly and innocent people of my "Beautiful" hometown are now uncouth, rough, bad-mannered, common, of low intelligence,and with an almost hooligan attitude like they are uncivilised. I found this in other Irish areas I visited. Is this what all the sacrifice by our ancestors was for. People displaying behaviour like thay are from a third world country??? The place is full of Poles, Roumanians, Thai,even black faces. 9 years ago
Oso Takano
It is a sad but beautiful song, and could be as appropriate for any person who would oppose a tyrant. No matter be it an Irishman fighting the Redcoats or the Black and Tans, one of my Scots ancestors, one of my Seneca ancestors, a cry of the Meo or Montagnard...let's not refight political battles here.9 years ago
Mriganka T
This song has the aroma of freedom.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*The wind that shakes the barley*"I sat within the valley green, I sat me with my true loveMy sad heart strove the two between, the old love and the new loveThe old for her, the new that made me think on Ireland dearlyWhile soft the wind blew down the glen and shook the golden barley'Twas hard the woeful words to frame to break the ties that bound usBut harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around usAnd so I said, "The mountain glen I'll seek at morning earlyAnd join the bold united men, while soft winds shake the barley"While sad I kissed away her tears, my fond arms round her flingingThe foeman's shot burst on our ears from out the wildwood ringingA bullet pierced my true love's side in life's young spring so earlyAnd on my breast in blood she died while soft winds shook the barleyBut blood for blood without remorse I've taken at Oulart HollowAnd laid my true love's clay cold corpse where I full soon may followAs round her grave I wander drear, noon, night and morning earlyWith breaking heart when e'er I hear the wind that shakes the barleyThe wind that shakes the barley"9 years ago
Gabriele Diekert
Thanks so much for this nice version of this song. I like it very much!9 years ago
James Moore
beautiful song ,,9 years ago
Angelo Tiziana
Dolores Keane - The Wind That Shakes The Barley (album Night Owl - 1997)9 years ago
Angelo Tiziana
Dolores Keane - The Wind That Shakes The Barley (album Night Owl - 1997)9 years ago
Jacek Mielcarek
Dolores Keane - The Wind That Shakes the Barley "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836-1883), a Limerick-born poet and professor of English literature. The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the cauldron of violence associated with the 1798 rebellion in Ireland. The references to barley in the song derive from the fact that the rebels often carried barley oats in their pockets as provisions for when on the march. This gave rise to the post-rebellion phenomenon of barley growing and marking the "croppy-holes," mass unmarked graves which slain rebels were thrown into, symbolising the regenerative nature of Irish resistance to British rule10 years ago
Domnall Ó
I nearly cry when I listen to this, and I'm not ashamed, I'd sooner die for Ireland's freedom a young man than in my bed as an old man in an oppressed country.Any hun will rue the day they come into this country with a sense of authority or supremacy over the people.10 years ago
Liam Cunliffe
all this poetry and the republic itself was formed on xenophobia, glorification of killing and romanticism10 years ago
Kathy McHugh
my dad ( RIP) was from Limerick and often talked about this song/history 10 years ago
Dualta Lochlann
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