GRÁ GEAL MO CROI
Created on 08/03/2024Latest update on 08/03/2024
Artist: Peter Reilly
Author: traditional
Label: Folktrax
Year: 1952
Peter Kennedy recording in Cullyhanna, Co. Armagh. Roud #1020. First published in Petrie's Ancient Music Of Ireland (1855). Irish for Jewel Of My Heart. With these words engraved in genuine Sterling silver Irish lovers exchange rings. Released on cassette in '75.
Covers:
- 1974:
Tommy Makem [on album In The Dark Green Woods; first version released]
- 2023:
Sam Lee [in film The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry and in '24 on lp songdreaming as Sweet Girl McRee, taking credits]
