The song tradition Flashcards
Name nine types of songs in the Irish song tradition
Love songs, laments, Working songs, drinking songs, lullabies, religious songs and carols, humerous songs, macaronic songs, Patriotic songs
Give features of a love song
Expressive and intense in nature and often are sad
Give features of a Lament
Song for the dead or a song or regret at loss of friends by emigration or eviction
Give feature of working songs
Sung while working in the fields /kitchen /forge for example. Have a good beat
Give features of drinking songs
For celebration or social gathering, have a lively rhythm
Give feature of lullabies
To rock a child to sleep. Gentle and steady beat
Give features of religious songs and carols
Not very common due to Penal laws which outlawed practice of religion. Usually slow
Give features humerous songs
Usually lighthearted and have a lively rhythm
Give features of macaronic songs
Sung half in English and Irish. They can alternate verses with Irish and English translation of the same words. Or they can embed messages in the Irish text in which singer can express his distaste for English rule in Irish while praising the rulers in English
Give features of patriotic songs
Includes the aisling. In the aisling the poet has a dream or vision of a beautiful woman who becomes the symbol of Ireland
Give an example of a love song
Bríd óg Ní Mháille
Give an example of a lament
An Mhaighdean Mhara
Give an example of a working song
Amhrán na Cuiginne
Give an example of a lullaby
Déirín Dé
Give an example of a drinking song
Preab san ól
