“Óró! ’Sé do bheatha ’bhaile“ - Irish Rebel Song

History/Stair ---------------------- English: As with many folk songs, the origin of this song is unclear, but several versions of the melody and refrain can be identified. In 1884, Francis Hogan of Brenormore, near Carrick-on-Suir, then “over seventy years old,“ reported that “this song was played during the ’Hauling Home,’ or bringing home of the wife.“ “Hauling Home“ was a ceremony that took place a month after the wedding, when the bride was brought home to her new husband. This version consists only of the refrain. Énrí Ó Muirġeasa also notes a similar refrain in 1915 from the Barony of Farney, “but the song to which it belonged was lost before my time.“ There is no mention of “dragging home,“ and the line that P. W. Joyce gives as thá tu maith le rátha is instead Tá tú amuiġ le ráiṫċe. The song was also linked to the Jacobite cause, as the traditional version mentions Séar