| 词条 | Weela Weela Walya |
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"Weela Weela Walya", also called "Weila Waile", "Wella Wallia" or "The River Saile", is an Irish schoolyard song that tells the story of an infanticide in a comic way. It was popularised in the 1960s by Irish folk bands The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers. OriginThe song is a variation of a murder ballad called "The Cruel Mother" or "The Greenwood Side" (Child 20, Roud 9), but in an up-tempo version sung by children in the schoolyard.[1] As in several versions of "The Cruel Mother", the woman stabs the baby in the heart using "a penknife long and sharp", but whereas in "The Cruel Mother" the woman is visited by the ghosts of the children she killed, in "Weela Weela Walya" it is "two policeman and a man" (two uniformed police and a detective), who come to her door and arrest her for the murder.[1] Neither this version nor any adult Irish version is found in Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads,[2] but it is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index.[3] The song was popular with Irish Traveller children.[1] A similar song, "Old Mother Lee", is sung in playgrounds in Liverpool.[4] PerformanceThe song was recorded by The Clancy Brothers as "Wella Wallia" on Recorded Live in Ireland (1965),[5] and as "Weila Waile" by The Dubliners on their 1967 album A Drop of the Hard Stuff.[6] It was a popular part of the Dubliners' repertoire for decades, appearing on several of their live albums, and was sung at the funeral of Ronnie Drew in 2008.[7] LyricsThere was an old woman and she lived in the woods Weela Weela WalyaThere was an old woman and she lived in the woods Down by the river Saile.[8]She had a baby three months old Weela Weela WalyaShe had a baby three months old Down by the river Saile.She had a penknife long and sharp Weela Weela WalyaShe had a penknife long and sharp Down by the river Saile.She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart Weela Weela WalyaShe stuck the penknife in the baby's heart Down by the river Saile.Three loud knocks came a'knocking on the door Weela Weela WalyaThree loud knocks came a'knocking on the door Down by the river Saile.Two policemen and a man Weela Weela WalyaTwo policemen and a man Down by the river Saile."Are you the woman that killed the child?" Weela Weela Walya"Are you the woman that killed the child?" Down by the river Saile."I am the woman that killed the child" Weela Weela Walya"I am the woman that killed the child" Down by the river Saile.They took her away and they put her in jail Weela Weela WalyaThey took her away and they put her in jail Down by the river Saile.1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Weela Weela Walya|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/songs/cmc/weela_weela_wallia_vboyle.htm|website=Songs of Clare|publisher=Clare County Library|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Child|first1=Francis James|title=English and Scottish Popular Ballads|date=1882|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin|location=Boston|volume=Volume 1|pages=218–27|url=https://archive.org/stream/englishscottishp01chil#page/218/mode/2up|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Weela Weela Walya|url=https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S380526|website=Roud Folksong Index (S380526)|publisher=Vaughan Williams Memorial Library|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Old Mother Lee|url=http://aliverpoolfolksongaweek.blogspot.ie/2011/10/30-old-mother-lee.html|website=A Liverpool Folk Song a Week|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Recorded Live In Ireland|url=https://www.discogs.com/Clancy-Brothers-Tommy-Makem-Recorded-Live-In-Ireland/release/2117072|website=Discogs|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=The Dubliners - A Drop Of The Hard Stuff|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubliners-A-Drop-Of-The-Hard-Stuff/release/1072201|website=Discogs|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Nicola|title=Mourners give Ronnie a rare ould send-off|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mourners-give-ronnie-a-rare-ould-sendoff-1459398.html|newspaper=The Irish Independent|date=20 August 2008|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 8. ^Pronounced SAWL-ye References{{reflist}}{{Portal|Children's literature}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Weela Weela Walya}} 5 : Murder ballads|Irish folklore|Traditional children's songs|Year of song unknown|The Dubliners songs |
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