Lub Irish nkauj "Carrickfergus", xws li tom "Kuv Xav Tias Kuv Nyob Hauv ...", yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg lam tau paub zoo tshaj plaws rau "lub teb chaws". Leej twg tsis tau hnov lub siab lub ntsws ntawm lub tsev los ntawm ib tug txiv neej laus nyob rau hauv exile, longing rau nws cov hnub tuaj txawv tebchaws dhau los, cia li mus ua ib zaug ntxiv hauv Carrickfergus, County Antrim . Zoo, nws yuav, tsis cia nws? Dua li ntawm Carrickfergus hnub no tsis yog ib lub zos uas qhia ntau ntawm nostalgia, nto moo tsev fuabtais txawm li cas los xij.
"Carrickfergus" yog ib qho ntawm cov nkauj zoo nkauj hauv " Irish diaspora ", hu nkauj qhuas lub teb chaws lawv (lossis lawv cov poj koob yawm txwv) sab laug, thiab quaj qw kom tsis muaj qhov tsis txaus siab rau qhov ntawd (thiab cov phooj ywg, tsev neeg, feem ntau ib tug poj niam ncaj ncees zoo li). Nws yog tseem, thiab yuav nco ntsoov ua, nrov nrov nrog Irish-Asmeskas uas dhau los ntawm tag nrho cov thawv ntawm cov ntaub so ntswg quaj raws. Txawm tias koj yuav ya mus rau Ireland hnub no rau tus nqi ntawm ib qho zoo me ntsis hmo tawm nyob rau hauv New York.
Los ntawm txoj kev, "Carrickfergus" yog ib zaj nkauj ntawm "Pity the Low Emigrant" ib hom ntawv, thaum namechecking hauv nroog Irish, tsis qhia txog qhov twg tus singer ua pines tseg. Li ntawd, nws muaj peev xwm hu nkauj nrog kev ntseeg siab hauv Melbourne, Montreal, Manhattan, lossis Manchester. Ib zaj nkauj mus khi lawv tag nrho, li ntawd hais.
"Carrickfergus" - zaj nkauj
Kuv xav tias kuv nyob hauv Carrickfergus,
Xwb rau hmo hauv Ballygrant
Kuv xav ua luam dej hiav txwv tshaj plaws,
Rau kuv tus hlub mus nrhiav
Tab sis lub hiav txwv yog dav thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem hla
Thiab tsis muaj cov tis ya
Kuv xav tias kuv tuaj yeem ntsib tus neeg pluag zoo nraug
Los ferry kuv dhau, rau kuv tus hlub thiab tuag.
Kuv lub hnub nyoog thaum yau coj rov qab thim rov qab
Ntawm cov sij hawm zoo siab kuv tau siv sij hawm ntev dhau los,
Kuv cov phoojywg thaum yau thiab kuv cov kev sib raug zoo
Tau tag nrho kis mus rau tam sim no xws li yaj yaj.
Tab sis kuv yuav siv kuv lub neej nyob rau hauv kev txom roaming,
Mos yog cov nyom, kuv lub txaj yog dawb xwb.
AH, tam sim no yuav rov qab rau hauv Carrickfergus,
Nyob rau hauv ntev txoj kev mus rau lub hiav txwv.
Tab sis nyob rau hauv Kilkenny, nws yog qhia,
On marble pob zeb muaj li dub raws li number case
Nrog kub thiab nyiaj kuv yuav txhawb nws,
Tab sis kuv yuav hu nkauj tsis pub ntau dua 'txog kuv tau haus.
Vim kuv qaug dej qaug cawv niaj hnub no, thiab kuv tsis tshua qeeb,
Ib tug neeg zoo nkauj rover los ntawm lub zos mus rau lub nroog,
Ah, tab sis kuv mob mob tam sim no, kuv hnub raug suav tias,
Tuaj rau txhua tus tub hluas thiab tso kuv tseg.
"Carrickfergus" ... Dab tsi yog Dab Neeg?
Obviously, "Carrickfergus" yog Irish pej xeem nkauj hu ua lub nroog Carrickfergus - txawm tias Kilkenny tseem yog namechecked, thiab thaum kawg qhov chaw nyob hauv Ireland zoo li tsis muaj qhov tsim nyog tau. Zaj dab neeg yog yooj yim - tus txiv neej sits ib qho twg (txawm nws quaj rau hauv nws haus), tab tom hais tias nws tsis nyob hauv tsev, xav rov tuaj dua ib zaug ntxiv. Tab sis nws yog qub, thiab muaj feem yuav nws yuav tuag nyob rau hauv exile. Tsis zoo siab, tau kawg. Kawg zaj dab neeg.
Ntxiv ob peb flourishes thiab koj muaj lub suab paj nruag raug typical ... nrov nrog coob coob.
Leej twg sau "Carrickfergus"?
Tsis muaj lub tswv yim ... nws tau hais tias "Carrickfergus" yuav raug siv mus rau ib qho qub lus Irish zaj nkauj " Ua bhí taum raws li " (txhais tau tias "Muaj ib tug Noblewoman"), tej zaum sau los ntawm Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (tuag 1745) . Lub suab nkauj no tau luam tawm nyob rau hauv Caus xyoo pua 19th hauv Cork, tab sis cov ntsiab lus tsis pom kev tsis mob siab rau lub tsev, tab sis nrog tus txiv cuckolded, nyob rau hauv txoj kev zoo.
Piv rau cov ntawv hais saum toj no ... nope, tsis paub.
Kuv kuj tau raug pom tias "Carrickfergus" yog ib qho kev sib tw ntawm tsawg kawg yog ob zaj nkauj, piav qhia txog tsis muaj cov lus piav qhia, thiab qhov tsis muaj tseeb hais txog Kilkenny, uas yog tsis muaj ib qho. George Petrie phau ntawv "Ancient Music of Ireland" (1855) Piv txwv li tau teev ib zaj nkauj "Tus Hluas Ntxhais", cov lus uas tau pom muaj nyob hauv "Carrickfergus".
Lub neej tshiab tam sim no yuav tshuav nws lub neej mus ua Peter O'Toole, zaj dab neeg mus hais tias nws tau hu nkauj rau Dominic Behan, uas tau sau cov lus, qhov tsim kho me ntsis, thiab ua cov ntaub ntawv rau xyoo 1960. Thaum nws paub txog qhov tseeb uas nws tau ua los ntawm O'Toole feem ntau, nws yuav ua tau ntau zaj nkauj zoo nkauj rau hauv ib qho kev sib tw uas nws tau hu nkauj.
Xijpeem zaj dab neeg ...
"Carrickfergus" tau sau tseg los ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam xws li Joan Baez, Bryan Ferry, Dominic Behan, Charlotte Church, Tus Clancy Cov kwv tij, De Dannan, Lub Dubliners, Katherine Jenkins (yog, tus neeg ua yeeb yam classical ib zaug rau tus kws kho mob Leej twg ), Ronan Keating, Brian Kennedy, Loreena McKennitt, Van Morrison, thiab Bryn Terfel. Nws kuj tau siv rau cov nyhuv ntxim ntxub hauv qhov rov "Kev Dig Muag" ntawm qhov kev ua txhaum BBC ua yeeb yam "Waking the Dead". Txawm tias German band Scooter nrog ib qhov kev pabcuam helium-voiced hauv lawv zaj nkauj "Nyob Qhov Twg". Thiab, tau kawg, Loudon Wainwright III tau hu nws tshaj qhov qhab nia kaw "Boardwalk Faj tim Tebchaws".