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Fleischmann gives a reference for this tune in J. Brysson's '''A Curious Selection Of Favourite Tunes With Variations to which is added upwards of fifty favourite Irish Airs for the German Flute or Violin, with a Bass for the Harpsichord or Violoncello. Harmoniz'd by an Eminent Master''' (Edinburgh, c. 1790). He notes that the title of the melody probably refers to Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Drogheda who as involved in the siege of that same town in 1642. He was killed in clashes with Owen Roe O'Neill in 1643. The title may also be a corruption of the Irish word ''draiocht'', meaning magic (see note for "[[Drocketty's March]]"). | |||
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A "Droghedy's March" from county Wexford is described by Patrick Kennedy in 1812 in his book '''On the Banks of the Boro''': | A "Droghedy's March" from county Wexford is described by Patrick Kennedy in 1812 in his book '''On the Banks of the Boro''': | ||
[[File:irishmummers.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Irish Mummers]] | |||
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''The tune called Droghedy's March was occasionally danced to among the'' | ''The tune called Droghedy's March was occasionally danced to among the'' | ||
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''resembling Brian Boru's march...'' [Pp.231-32]<br> | ''resembling Brian Boru's march...'' [Pp.231-32]<br> | ||
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Nearly a century later Patrick Joseph McCall covered much the same material in his poem entitled "The Mummers of Bargy," and set it to the air of "Droghedy's March" and published in his '''Irish Noíníns''' (1894): | |||
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''Down a the big manor-house of Kilquaun,''<br> | |||
''Assemble the girls and the boys all of Bargy--''<br> | |||
''Wondr'ous this night in the barn and the bawn''<br> | |||
''To hear Billeen Ceól with him pipes sweetly "arguy"!''<br> | |||
''Aiden Roche, the Mummer leader,''<br> | |||
''Came with a boy o' the Neils from Sleedhair;''<br> | |||
''Dick Shomes Phoor is George the Valiant,''<br> | |||
''Charley Hayes, St. Patrick the gallant--''<br> | |||
''Oh, such a crowd of the girls is collected,''<br> | |||
'' 'Twill be a surprise if there's no one neglected!''<br> | |||
''They line all the walls like a headland of lilies,''<br> | |||
''Or rosies, or posies, or daffy-down-dillies!''<br> | |||
[[File:mummersplay.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Irish mummer's play]] | |||
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''The centre is clear, and the candles alight,''<br> | |||
''When lo, fromt he haggard there comes a louch knocking;''<br> | |||
''Soon quickly troop in twelve Mummers in white,''<br> | |||
''With feathers flying, like wild geese a-flocking.''<br> | |||
''Round the go, two circles forming,''<br> | |||
''Billeen the "Soldier's Joy" performing.''<br> | |||
''Heels keep cracking, clubs a-crashing,''<br> | |||
''Arms a-swinging, eyes a-flashing.''<br> | |||
''In and out, round about, back to their places,''<br> | |||
''Fencing and foiling, the crowd interlaces;''<br> | |||
''Now all uncoil and in single file canter,''<br> | |||
''Yet striking and timing to Billeen's old changer.''<br> | |||
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< | ''The war dance of "Droghedy's March" fast they play;''<br> | ||
< | ''Then the quick, single jig, "Nance Wants Her Answer," ''<br> | ||
'' | ''"The Geese in the Bog," and the grand "First o' May,"''<br> | ||
''"The Flowers," and a Reel, for the favourite dancer;''<br> | |||
''Then the Mummer's play commences,''<br> | |||
''When St. George so bold advances,''<br> | |||
''Tells of "draggins, elves, and jyants" ''<br> | |||
''He has killed, and hurls defiance;''<br> | |||
''Till our St. Patrick, with green in his bonnet,''<br> | |||
''Appears on the scene, when his glove is thrown on it.''<br> | |||
''Oh! the saints fight, spite of their holy station,''<br> | |||
''And Patrick upholds the fair fame of his nation.''<br> | |||
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''In comes a'' dochtor ''"so pure and good," ''<br> | |||
''To heal the deep wounds of the saintly contender,''<br> | |||
''Twenty gold guineas he wants to stop blood,''<br> | |||
''Saint Pat is'' charoosed ''with the quacky pretender.''<br> | |||
''Cromwell stalks, with nose of scarlet,''<br> | |||
''He calls Caesar great a varlet;''<br> | |||
''Dan O'Connell greets Napoleon--''<br> | |||
''E'en a'' poocha ''here has stolen.''<br> | |||
''Everyone, as he comes, "spachifies" neatly,''<br> | |||
''And shows off his skill and his prowess completely;''<br> | |||
''But they all make it up, just as it ought to be,''<br> | |||
''And, joining their hands in a ring, they dance "Droghedy." ''<br> | |||
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< | ''But as this night is the last of such fun--''<br> | ||
< | ''Twelfth Day is nigh, and the days getting light-some--''<br> | ||
'' | ''So the grand'' rinka '' of all is begun,''<br> | ||
<br> | ''And for it the'' cailins ''dress beauteous and brightsome.''<br> | ||
<br> | ''Aiden Roche takes Alley Kelly,''<br> | ||
< | ''Dick Shones Phoor, Johanna Skelly,''<br> | ||
< | ''Charley, Anty, Mogue, young Sheela,''<br> | ||
'' | ''Thus they mingle,'' three-na-cheela<br> | ||
< | ''Heel and toe, off they go, tripping and skipping,''<br> | ||
<br> | ''Till daylight right over their shoulders is peeping.''<br> | ||
< | ''The girls all make home at the top o' the morning,'' <br> | ||
''But talk for a year of it, milking or churning!''<br> | |||
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See O'Neill's "[[Mummer's March (The)]]" and Darley & McCall's "[[Drocketty's March]]" for more. | |||
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