"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" is a translation of an anonymous 17th-century Irish poem titled "Táim sínte ar do thuama"."Walsh's Irish Popular Songs", 1847, as "A Taim Sinte air do Thuamba" It was translated into English several times, most notably by Frank O'Connor.O'Connor, Frank (trans). "I am Stretched on Your Grave". Lucy, Seán, (ed). Love Poems of the Irish, Cork: Mercier, 1967
"Táim Sínte ar do Thuama", 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"Microfilm of original sheet music", 1928), credited to Munster,An Lóchrann March, 1918, 2, noted by Fionán Mac Coilm from "Tadhg MacCarthy of Emlagh", Prior, Co. Kerry"Danta De: Idir Sean agus Nuad", 1928; tune of hymn #47 credited as "Taim Sinte ar do Thuamba", from Munster and in "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" by musician Philip King in 1979.Sleeve notes to 1979 Album Scullion
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 Artist Album Notes Release year Scullion Scullion (self-titled) 1979 Sinéad O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Credited King 1990 The Voice Squad Holly Wood (TARA 4013),Sleeve notes to the album Holly Wood, 1992, TARA 4013 1992 Dead Can Dance Toward the Within Credited King/O'Connor 1993 The Lennon Family Dúchas Ceoil (CEFCD 167) 1995 Kate Rusby Hourglass Credited King/O'Connor but altered it melodically 1997 Eden Fire and Rain 1997 Peter Mulvey (with backing vocals by Juliet Turner) Glencree Live album 1999 Blood Axis and In Gowan Ring Witch-Hunt: The Rites of Samhain Live collaborative album 1999 The Bringers It's About Time 2000 Eden Fire and Rain 1997 Iarla Ó Lionáird I Could Read the Sky,Real World Records Film soundtrack 2000 Peta Webb (of the band "Oak") and Ken Hall As Close As Can Be (Fellside Records) Credited P.King/F.O'Connor/Trad 2002 Drunk and Disorderly Second Edition 2006 Charlotte Martin Reproductions 2007 Billy Miller & Misti Bernard Moon Pale & Midnight 2007 Abney Park Lost Horizons 2008 Runa Stretched on Your Grave 2011Jennifer Culley CurtinComfort for the Comfortless2011 Johnny Hollow A Collection of Creatures 2014 Craic in the Stone Say Yes to Craic 2014 Eithne Ní Uallacháin Bilingua (Gael Linn CEFCD206) New melody 2015 The Lasses Daughters 2015The New CustomsAll Walls Fall2017 Frank Harte When Adam Was In Paradise: Traditional Songs of Love and Courtship Posthumous album 2025
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