A Broadside: No. 8 Fourth Year
Title
A Broadside: No. 8 Fourth Year
Subject
Ireland
Dun Emer Press
Cuala Press
A Broadside
Irish Literary Revival
The Gaelic Revival
Description
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY E. C. YEATS AT THE CUALA PRESS, CHURCHTOWN, DUNDRUM, COUNTY DUBLIN. SUBSCRIPTION TWELVE SHILLINGS A YEAR POST FREE.
300 copies only.
300 copies only.
The woodcut on page [3] has caption: "THE OLD BUCCANEER". Signed by Jack B. Yeats.
Creator
E. C. Yeats
Jack B. Yeats
Publisher
Cuala Press
Date
January, 1912
Text
SEUMAS A-RIGH
A stranger you came to me over the sea,
But welcome I made you Seumas a-righ;
And shelter I gave you, my sons set to ward you,
Red war I faced for you, Seumas a-righ.
Now a coward you go from me over the sea,
But my best sons go with you, Seumas a-righ.
Foreign graves they will gain, and for those that remain
The strong hemp is sown - och, Seumas a-righ.
The Boyne shall flow back from the Irish Sea,
On the Causeway of Aughrim our victory will be,
Ere my trust shall befriend him, my sons' swords defend him,
A King from the right hand, Seumas a-righ.
THE BLACKBIRD
Once on a morning of sweet recreation,
I heard a fair lady a-making her moan,
With sighing and sobbing, and sad lamentation,
Aye singing, 'My Blackbird for ever is flown!
He's all my heart's treasure, my joy and my pleasure,
So justly, my love, my heart follows thee;
And I am resolved, in foul or fair weather,
To seek out my Blackbird, wherever he be.
'I will go, a stranger to peril and danger,
My heart is so loyal in every degree;
For he's constant and kind, and courageous in mind,
Good luck to my Blackbird, wherever he be!
In Scotland he's loved and dearly approved,
In England a stranger he seemeth to be;
But his name I'll advance in Ireland or France,
Good luck to my Blackbird, wherever he be!
'The birds of the forest are all met together,
The turtle is chosen to dwell with the dove,
And I am resolved, in foul or fair weather,
Once in the spring-time to seek out my love.
But since fickle Fortune, which still proves uncertain,
Hath caused this parting between him and me,
His right I'll proclaim, and who dares me blame?
Good luck to my Blackbird wherever he be!'
A stranger you came to me over the sea,
But welcome I made you Seumas a-righ;
And shelter I gave you, my sons set to ward you,
Red war I faced for you, Seumas a-righ.
Now a coward you go from me over the sea,
But my best sons go with you, Seumas a-righ.
Foreign graves they will gain, and for those that remain
The strong hemp is sown - och, Seumas a-righ.
The Boyne shall flow back from the Irish Sea,
On the Causeway of Aughrim our victory will be,
Ere my trust shall befriend him, my sons' swords defend him,
A King from the right hand, Seumas a-righ.
THE BLACKBIRD
Once on a morning of sweet recreation,
I heard a fair lady a-making her moan,
With sighing and sobbing, and sad lamentation,
Aye singing, 'My Blackbird for ever is flown!
He's all my heart's treasure, my joy and my pleasure,
So justly, my love, my heart follows thee;
And I am resolved, in foul or fair weather,
To seek out my Blackbird, wherever he be.
'I will go, a stranger to peril and danger,
My heart is so loyal in every degree;
For he's constant and kind, and courageous in mind,
Good luck to my Blackbird, wherever he be!
In Scotland he's loved and dearly approved,
In England a stranger he seemeth to be;
But his name I'll advance in Ireland or France,
Good luck to my Blackbird, wherever he be!
'The birds of the forest are all met together,
The turtle is chosen to dwell with the dove,
And I am resolved, in foul or fair weather,
Once in the spring-time to seek out my love.
But since fickle Fortune, which still proves uncertain,
Hath caused this parting between him and me,
His right I'll proclaim, and who dares me blame?
Good luck to my Blackbird wherever he be!'
Original Format
Broadside
Files
Collection
Citation
E. C. Yeats and Jack B. Yeats, “A Broadside: No. 8 Fourth Year,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed November 23, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/1390.