Mo Ghile Mear - Mary Black

English translation provided below.
This song, performed by Mary Black, is an Irish tribute to the "Great Pretender", Bonnie Prince Charlie, the descendant of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots who had sought to sit on the throne of Britian. To put an end to religious persecution in Scotland, occupied Ireland, Wales, and England his loyal followers of the Jacobite movement fought for him to take possession of the crown. The Jacobite rebellion (1745) was put down and hundreds of thousands died in battle under unsurmountable odds. Under secrecy, the prince fled to the continent and died in exile. "Mo Ghile Mear" was written by Seán Clárach Mac Dhomhnaill (c. 1691-1757). This Spadecaller video dramatizes the Gaelic lyrics with the paintings of D'Arcy Bacon, Caravaggio, Mary Cassatt, Gustave Courbet, Julien Dupre, Winslow Homer, and J.M.W. Turner.

LYRICS:
(Chorus)
He is my hero, my dashing darling
He is my caesar, dashing darling.
I've had no rest from forebodings
Since he went far away my darling.

Every day I am constantly sad
Weeping bitterly and shedding tears
Because our lively lad has left us
And no news from him is heard alas.

The cuckoo sings not pleasantly at noon
And the sound of hounds is not heard in nut-filled woods,
Nor summer morning in misty glen
Since he went away from me, my lively boy.

Noble, proud young horseman
Warrior unsaddened, of most pleasant countenace
A swift-moving hand, quick in a fight,
Slaying the enemy and smiting the strong.

Let a strain be played on musical harps
And let many quarts be filled
With high spirit without fault or mist
For life and health to toast my lion.

Dashing darling for a while under sorrow
And all ireland under black cloaks
Rest or pleasure I did not get
Since he went far away my dashing darling.

For a while I was a gentle maiden
And now a spent worn-out widow
My spouse ploughing the waves strongly
Over the hills and far away.

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[bweber2k]

The French chose to leave Morocco when the french colony tanked under the indigenous population rebellion. The Brits should do the same in Ireland. Give the last six counties back to the Irish........

[illinformedgeek]

For, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom -- for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.

The Declaration of Arbroath 1306

[Jacobitejim]

The political reality is that there are 3 choices: (1) Parliamentary Unionism with rule from Westminster (the Whig-Tory-Labour solution) (2) Self-government under the Crown (the Jacobite solution), or (3) Racist-nationalist separatism - promoted in Ulster by murder - which will simply result in rule from Brussels by unelected bureaucrats far worse than Westminster (the dumb ass racist solution).

The obvious choice for any sane person is (2).

[Jacobitejim]

The Jacobite rising was about the constitutional restoration of the legitimate government and the restoration of self-government under the Crown against a parcel of corrupt exploiters who had seized power illegally and were oppressing the people, in England as much as Scotland and Ireland. Constitutional self-government is now back on the menu. Don't spoil it with the poison of racism!

[Jacobitejim]

@mohawkmohican - "Patriotism over religion" is exactly what gave us the First World War and the slaughter of the trenches. Have you learned nothing, blockhead? Bonnie Prince Charlie was about restoring constitutional rights and self-government for the 3 Kingdoms, not some fatheaded racist-nationalist idiocy. No true Scot wants another bloody revolution!

[Jacobitejim]

@bweber2k - Weber and the ill-informed geek are simply racists. There is no place for racism in any sane politics. You are also ignorant of what this song is about. It is not about Irish or Scots nationalism both of which are racist abominations. It is about the attempt to retain the ancient constitutional rights in these islands at a time when they were being trampled upon by a corrupt government. The Bonnie Prince was King of all 3 kingdoms - including England - not just one!

[22grena]

@LakesideArt Without the passion there will be no language. Without the historic emotion there will be no memory. Go back to your playstation pal.

[slowsongss]

@2089se its a song about the sadness of the irish people when Bonnie prince Charlie was put in exile

[WayneCurtin18]

This song is beautiful and deeply sad. I shed a tear when i hear it sang well. Makes me proud to be from Charleville and Ireland. The poetry of Sean Clarach Mac :Domhnal is beautiful. Is e an fhile go huinteach a chairde. Apologies for the spelling in Irish but i was never good at written Irish.

[2089se]

thats wats the song is about

[mohawkmohican]

"All it takes is 4 true scots and a set of bagpipes to start a revoloution" - An old scots proverb that has proved itself time after time, sadly for the past few centuries we have lived uner english rule no thanks to King James, whose to say that Bonnie Prince Charlie would have got us independance, but it prefer him over King Billy anyday (thats comeing from a protestant) Patriotism over Religion Any day, Alba Gu Brath

[Ladnred14606]

This is song beautiful!