I Am Stretched on Your Grave

"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" is a translation of an anonymous 17th-century Irish poem titled "Táim sínte ar do thuama".[1] It was translated into English several times, most notably by Frank O'Connor.[2]

"I Am Stretched on Your Grave"
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"Taim Sinte ar do Thuamba", has been paired with music in at least two unrelated works: in Hymn #47 of Danta De: Idir Sean agus Nuad (the Trinity Sunday hymn "Dia an t-Athair do shealbhaig flaitheas naomhtha", 1928[3]), credited to Munster,[4][5] and in "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" by musician Philip King in 1979.[6]

The popular and current versions are influenced or rely heavily on the adapted version by King, which was recorded on the group Scullion's first album from 1979 on the Mulligan Records label (called Scullion), and titled "I Am Stretched on Your Grave".

Album recordings
ArtistAlbumNotesRelease Year
ScullionScullion (self-titled)1979
Sinéad O'ConnorI Do Not Want What I Haven't GotCredited King1990
The Voice SquadHolly Wood (TARA 4013),[7]1992
Dead Can DanceToward the WithinCredited King/O'Connor1993
The Lennon FamilyDúchas Ceoil (CEFCD 167)1995
Kate RusbyHourglassCredited King/O'Connor but altered it melodically1997
EdenFire and Rain1997
Peter Mulvey (with backing vocals by Juliet Turner)Glencree[8]Live album1999
Blood Axis and In Gowan RingWitch-Hunt: The Rites of SamhainLive collaborative album1999
The BringersIt's About Time2000
EdenFire and Rain1997
Iarla Ó LionáirdI Could Read the Sky,[9]Film soundtrack2000
Peta Webb (of the band "Oak") and Ken HallAs Close As Can Be (Fellside Records)Credited P.King/F.O'Connor/Trad2002
Drunk and DisorderlySecond Edition2006
Charlotte MartinReproductions2007
Billy Miller & Misti BernardMoon Pale & Midnight2007
Abney ParkLost Horizons2008
RunaStretched on Your Grave2011
Jennifer Culley Curtin Comfort for the Comfortless 2011
Johnny HollowA Collection of Creatures2014
Craic in the StoneSay Yes to Craic2014
Eithne Ní UallacháinBilingua (Gael Linn CEFCD206)New melody2015
The LassesDaughters2015
The New Customs All Walls Fall 2017

References
  1. "Walsh's Irish Popular Songs", 1847, as "A Taim Sinte air do Thuamba"
  2. O'Connor, Frank (trans). "I am Stretched on Your Grave". Lucy, Seán, (ed). Love Poems of the Irish, Cork: Mercier, 1967
  3. "Microfilm of original sheet music", 1928
  4. An Lóchrann March, 1918, 2, noted by Fionán Mac Coilm from "Tadhg MacCarthy of Emlagh", Prior, Co. Kerry
  5. "Danta De: Idir Sean agus Nuad", 1928; tune of hymn #47 credited as "Taim Sinte ar do Thuamba", from Munster
  6. Sleeve notes to 1979 Album Scullion
  7. Sleeve notes to the album Holly Wood, 1992, TARA 4013
  8. "Glencree - Peter Mulvey | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  9. Real World Records
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