"Father O'Flynn"- ANDREW BLACK 1906

G&T no.G.C.3-2434 recorded Jan 10,1906

Category:

Music

Tags:

• gramophone
• phonograph
• Andrew
• Black

[gramophoneshane]

So do I. It's just a shame that the shellac they used was so varied. Some of them sound fantastic, & others are noisy & rough.

Still they're not doing to bad for 100+ yr old records.

[kapariz44]

Is there a recording of this song that captures the flavour of this but without the background noise? Gotta be a classic :)

[pantsmatants]

@flanncada Wikipedia wasn't my source but okay, glad to see it's mentioned there, too.

[flanncada]

@pantsmatants I cannot disagree with you as I'm no expert. My point was that this song is not a comic stage-Irish ditty as per Percy French but a traditional satire. More power to Alfred Perceval Graves for adopting the genre. However the same source (Wikipedia) claims that Sir Charles 'arranged' the tune which imples his cntribution was minimal. It is also recognisable on YouTue as Paddy Clancy's jig. Thanks for the information.

[pantsmatants]

@flanncada

Well, I suppose you can take it up with Robert Graves, as that information comes from his autobiography. The part regarding Stafford seems well documented enough if you search the web. As for the Paddy Clancy thing, well, plenty of tunes have names that don't pertain at all to their origins. Especially tunes called Paddy Clancy's.

[flanncada]

@pantsmatants I knew this as Paddy Clancy,s jig so I have doubts about Sir Charles Stafford's involvement. Also if Mr Graves wrote the words he was adopted a common Irish custom for taking the mickey out of the rich and powerful - write them a eulogy which everyone (except the subject) knew was the opposite of the truth. Father of Flynn was a miserable bastard who spent his time giving his parishioners a foretaste of Hell

[pantsmatants]

Fun trivia: the father of English author Robert Graves wrote the lyrics to this song. Sir Charles Stanford supplied a few chords for the setting of the song. Complete rights of the song sold for 1 guinea. The publisher made thousands & Sir Charles Stanford who drew a royalty as the composer, collected a large sum.

The melody is a variation of the tune Top of the Cork Road. Both tunes are still played by Irish musicians today, sometimes under the same name because they are are so similar.

[85scampi]

I love these old Gramophone and Typewriters!!.