"On Raglan Road" by Patrick Kavanagh (poetry reading)

[liamthedream]

I know, however, The Dawning of the Day has being played forever by the Number One Army Band(Irish Army) and in Croke Park by the Artane Boys Band, in a military quickstep. It would never go over being played slow in a marching parade. The words of the original can be found somewhere..

[liamthedream]

The Dubliners got together with Patrick Kavanagh ther poet shortly before he died and suggested giving an air to this poem that they would record. They came up with an old Irish Marching song "The Dawning of the Day". Of Course they slowed the march down and this was the result. Many other Artists have recorded it...Siobhan O'Connor etc. it was a rousing success.

[GIRLxxOFxxMUSIC]

@liamthedream Actually "The Dawning of the Day" was a song kavanagh grew up listening to, when he first wrote "On Raglan Road" he purposely wrote it to the air of "The Dawning of the Day" Luke kelly just happened to be the first to sing it, he had nothing to do with with setting it to "The dawning of the day" That was kavanagh when he first wrote it.

[dahlusion]

nice reading!!

[AdrianLOkeeffe]

no man - too fast - there is so much being said in these words, you read them far too fast - there are places where a puase would be good -but then again its just my own take - anyway fair play for putting it together - well done

[Ahsayo]

That isn't his voice is it? Where can I find one in his voice?

[thissong4you]

Once again, a mesmerizing reading of a mesmerizing poem. Thank you

[clarebannerman]

Thank you for posting this beautiful interpretation of Paddy Kavanagh's well loved poem. ♥

[samigjoka]

love all the readings of you man fantastic just wished that you dont have to much silent time at start and ende of each of these fantatic recordings

[SpokenVerse]

@samigjoka Okay, I'll tell you why. During these silences I can display a still picture to use as the thumbnail. YouTube give a choice of three and they have to persist for some time. Also leaving four seconds silence at the beginning gives time for your buffer to fill. Otherwise there's likely to be an unintended gap after the reading starts. I don't know of any other fix for these problems.

[referencemark]

This is great, Kavanagh is on my Leaving Certificate course so this will be good to listen to. Could you possibly do a reading of Inniskeen Road as well? That's another that is on my course and my favourite by him. Thank you.

[Jimmydots1992]

@referencemark what about an xmas childhood ha

[HealingGaia]

There's an interesting group analysis thread of this poem at The Mudcat Cafe website. Thanks for your reading :)

[SpokenVerse]

@HealingGaia Thank you. I put a link to it in the notes.

[jeremyshambles]

the dubliners are amazing, love their collaborations with the pogues, cheers