MARGARET BARRY - - - MY LAGAN LOVE

[mcspongeicus]

Can someone tell me what album this is from please?  Is this the Alan Lomax recordings? thanks.

[Adamfront]

Of course if the fly was gone, then probably some money had also flown. Then there would be trouble.

[Adamfront]

The bottler is the person who collects the money for the busker ( musician ). Is called a bottler because they would go around with the hat in one hand, in the other a bottle with a fly in it. The bottler had to keep his thumb on the bottle to stop the fly from escaping. Having only one hand free, made the money in the hat a lot safer for the busker, right! If Maggies mum used to bottle for her, then she was going around with the hat while Maggie played. This is ancient street musicians culture.

[awwilko]

'Bottling' is collecting the donations from the audience on behalf of a busker.

[sainglain]

I think Margaret Barry is buried in Laurancetown which is a village about 5 miles from Banbridge, Co. Down.

[smokinpeteread]

meant going round with a hat!

[smokinpeteread]

To bottle is to collect money for a street entertainer (as in going round a hat around while entertainer is playing

[MrSting60]

Bottle means ,battle with local peoples[been kind].

[dcconsi]

thers a bed for you in cloyne sir

[arachnoblaster]

What extreme passion. Several hundred years of struggle are simply flowing from this woman & yet it is so beautiful. How the feck can that be? This song has more guts, spunk, emotion & honesty than most of the top twenty sixties protest songs put together. Why? Dylan's Masters of War is a great song but it'll never pull the tears like this does because this lady has lived it. She is it. Dusty, Sinead, Charlotte - forget it. This is a forever real slice of Irish history - sláinte Maggie Barry xxx

[Irishfianna]

@arachnoblaster well said :)



[spericki]

Beautiful ethereal song, all the better for the lack of over production

[hraith]

you can't compare this with the other, slickly produced versions. this has a real quality to it that backing orchestras and modern recording facilities gloss over without a thought. it doesn't put the song on the ethereal pedestal of elaborate stage production, but rests it firmly in day to day working class life.

[Lisnageeragh]

@hraith wonderful stuff ...what if this woman had got a little bit of help ...she is so mch more in tune and touch with the music than many of whom we might hear more frquently ....note her ending cadences.

[Nicklas4500]

Sorry guys, I prefer Dusty Springfield's version of this.

[anonFreedomfighter]

Hey mcanner25 ...it is true this is a brilliant performer such as Pecker Dunn or other Artists, but please don't use the term pikey...pikey is a negativ word to the travelling community... i am Yenish, Traveller Community in continental Europe (Jenische)...

Thanks for your understanding

[Percy1916]

Gorgeous. Brian Kennedy's tribute to this great lady Margaret Barry Broke My Heart is well worth a listen.

[mcanner25]

ANOTHER BRILLIANT PIKEY

[cosmicarbiteroftaste]

Magical.

[pipermaru2006]

Proutieboy: yes she use to sing that to us when we were children...It was hard to get her in the mood though - she was a tough woman! lol. Do you know of anywhere where she is recorded singing it? I wouldn't mind hearing it again...RIP Maggie. x

[yelkcubnai]

I was lucky enough to see her live at the Pack Horse folk club in Manchester ... mid-sixties. Never forgotten!

[ramqen951]

Very well said okeover123. I would go further and say, missing the point with a vengeance.

[proutieboy]

try her version of the 'galway shawl' it is a truly great version by a unique singer

[bramstokerful]

Grim! The banjo is a terrible accompaniment!

[okeover123]

Have you ever felt like you were missing the point?

[HM1Murdock]

I come from Crossmaglen South Armagh and understand that maggy barry played in this area. Can anyone tell me if this is true

[MacCanann]

I'm sure she played there. From what I've read about her she was a very well travelled woman throughout all of Ireland.

[debhulbh]

Yes she played in the market square in Crossmaglen, my Uncle who is 80 now and from Crossmaglen remembers her playing and collecting money. To this day he loves Maggie Barry, he has some old recordings of her and treasures them.

[blahblahblah85]

I think she is wonderful and I love the way she phrases her words. Brilliant!

[blahblahblah85]

Her mother used to bottle for her,???? What does that mean plz

[bloodandsnatters]

battle misspelt, looks like it !

maybe mother done battle with local teens to protect her.

[denniscuddles]

The person who collected money for a street entertainer during their performance was known as the "bottler". The usual explanation is that they had to hold a fly or bluebottle in one fist while they were collecting and show it to their employer afterwards to prove that they hadn't taken any of the money themselves.

[ionannas]

@blahblahblah85 bottleing is collecting money for the music ...

[Rags1Lovett]

There should be more music like this, much more.

[christineconnors]

Margaret is my step great aunt, her half sister Christine is my Grandmother. Her Talent truely ran through the family as my brothers and my sister are also singers, you can hear them on Wexboyo page here on youtube

[STELLABAGPUSS]

A major part of history that shouldn't Be forgotten!

[watabunchaplonkas]

i used to get margaret 200 woodbines on the ferry from england,coming over to my aunties in slane,always a great laugh

[drybonesband]

Very Beautiful. She sings my favorite version of She Moved Through The Fair, too.

Thanks for posting this.

[chris4alyssa]

margret barry is my auntie. her half brother albert is my father

[MelodeonJohn]

so can you play and sing also as good

[dickdona]

When I was a kid, this woman, Margaret Barry, used to sing on the Square in my town on her travels. Her mother used to bottle for her.