Iarla Ó Lionáird gives some background to Casadh an tSúgáin / The Twisting of the Hayrope.
\"One of my favorite songs from the folk world in the 1970s is Micheal O Domhnaill’s rendition of Casadh an tSúgáin. Paradoxically I never really sang it myself until quite recently - although Micheál was the first person to record me in a studio (Trend studios, in Dublin) many years ago.
Casadh an tSúgain / TheTwisting of The Hayrope is a whimsical love story told in the usual shy and playful manner that characterizes many Irish folksongs when approaching the subject of love. Boy meets girl, calls around to her house only to be met by her rather protective mother who cleverly asks him to twist a hayrope (which by the way were used for many a thing in 19th-century Ireland, though usually to fashion a seat for chairs- hence the phrase Súgan Chair).
In his efforts to cooperate with the girl's mother, the young suitor compliantly twists the hayrope but in doing so finds that as it lengthens he is once again outside the door whereupon it is summarily shut in his face by the ever expedient matriarch.\"
The Gloaming '2' tracklist:
The Pilgrim's Song
Fáinleog
The Hare
Oisín’s Song
The Booley House
Repeal the Union
Casadh an tSúgáin
The Rolling Wave
Cucanandy
Mrs Dwyer
Slán le Máighe
The Old Favourite
