Eileen Oge - Banna Beag Mall

Performed by Banna Beag Mall at Cal State LA's "Lessons from a silver branch: The bardic tradition in Celtic cultures", on October 22, 2008.

As the third song performed that evening, the band selected (William) Percy Frenchs Eileen Oge. French (1 May 1854 24 January 1920), was one of Ireland's foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day. It is a local character song from one of Frenchs favorite areas: the west of Ireland. French tells the pitiful story of lads pursuing a lass, only to lose her to the hardest featured man in Petravore. It ends with the remonstration: If you want her to come after ya just walk the other way.

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