Okay Celtiphiles, see how many of the following references you can identify clearly and place in Irish Folklore/Poetry. (Note: all spellings anglicized--even then--good luck pronouncing them. Irish orthography and phonemics, fundamental contradictions in terminology) Good luck.
Battle Song of the Sons of Cuchulain
Ta na la the trumpets sound to herald day from her sweet rest
even now the bird calls throng, boring through the darkened forest.
Of heroes old and days of deeds only ancients can remember,
knolls of Fay, the Sidhe of Dannan Oisin and his fated family,
fireside stories for the evening when the slaughter will be over.
Hence now for the frosty fields where Emer wandered all alone, where the
Druid sought out Fergus, and where Ulster won their battles.
Not for such as Maeve's beauty can we stay our swords much longer,
Only now we seek our vengeance where our fathers died in battle.© 2002, Steven Riddle
Note, these are supposed to be two approximately equal half-lines on the same level--many browsers will not display them that way. Sorry.
