answering a nation's call Dear Mother Eire sworn to resign To you who transmit on the fight, My portion of undying hope I have Before I pass Into the night- Slan Libh, Slan Libh, Slan Libh,Slan Libh, Your work allows no clock for rest, Your longest life's the merest span; Your cause, the bravest, noblest, best, That e'er inspired the heart of man. Fight on! fear not! for God is just (The tyrant too shall cease to live) And beg for him whose bones are dust. Chorus Slan Libh! a simple Irish phrase Of parting but to see again, Twixt comrades who thro' nights and years For Eire's sake strove might and main; For her dear sake, remember me. For her dear sake my faults forgive. God hasten the battle for liberty! Chorus Kearney, Peadar (1883-1942), ballad-writer; born in Dublin, educated at Model School and Marino Christian Brothers' School. He worked is a messenger-boy before turning to house-painting. WILLIAM ROONEY, whose lecture on The Manchester MARTYRS he had attended, wakened his national consciousness. A teacher in the Gaelic League (where his students included SEAN O'CASEY), he united the IRB, 1903, and became a member of the Supreme Council. Keenly interested in the theatre, he worked for some time without pay at the former ABBEY THEATRE before being employed as a props man, 1910. He met PATRICK HEENEY in 1903, and 4 days after they collaborated on ''The Soldier's Song', for which Kearney wrote the words; the air (largely the influence of Heeney) later became the National ANTHEM. Kearney's early poetry was published in St Patrick's, edited by WILLIAM O'BRIEN. A founder-member of the Irish Volunteers, he took office in the HOWTH GUN-RUNNING (1914). He returned from an Abbey Theatre tour in England ro take part in the Easter RISING (1916) and fought in Jacob's factory, Bishop Streer, Dublin, after which he avoided capture. A supporter of Michael COLLINS, he was interned at Ballykinler, Co. Down, 1920-21, during the War of Independence. apart from 'The Soldier's Song' his best-known ballads are 'The Tri-Coloured Ribbon', 'Down by the Glenside', and 'Whack Fol the Diddle'. BRENDAN BEHAN was his nephew.
Subject: Lyr Add: SLAN LIBH (Peadar Kearney/Sean Barlow)From: Jim Carroll Date: 06 Jan 11 - 04:34 AM Domnic Behan recorded it on the old Topic record, Easter week and After. This is the text from 'The Easter Rising in Vocal and Ballad', by Desmond Greaves, along with some info on its composer Peadar Kearney. Jim Carroll SLAN LIBH Lyric: Peadar Kearney Music: Sean Barlow Sisters and brothers, comrades all, Who trod the olden road with me Who
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