| I Am Stretched on Your Grave | |
| Written: | Unknown |
"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]
"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".
| Artist | Album | Notes | Release Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scullion (self-titled) | 1979 | |||
| I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got | Credited King | 1990 | ||
| Holly Wood (TARA 4013),[7] | 1992 | |||
| Toward the Within | Credited King/O'Connor | 1993 | ||
| The Lennon Family | Dúchas Ceoil (CEFCD 167) | 1995 | ||
| Hourglass | Credited King/O'Connor but altered it melodically | 1997 | ||
| Eden | Fire and Rain | 1997 | ||
| Peter Mulvey (with backing vocals by Juliet Turner) | Glencree[8] | Live album | 1999 | |
| Live collaborative album | 1999 | |||
| The Bringers | It's About Time | 2000 | ||
| Eden | Fire and Rain | 1997 | ||
| I Could Read the Sky,[9] | 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 | ||
| Reproductions | 2007 | |||
| Billy Miller & Misti Bernard | Moon Pale & Midnight | 2007 | ||
| Lost Horizons | 2008 | |||
| Stretched on Your Grave | 2011 | |||
| Jennifer Culley Curtin | Comfort for the Comfortless | 2011 | ||
| A Collection of Creatures | 2014 | |||
| Craic in the Stone | Say Yes to Craic | 2014 | ||
| Bilingua (Gael Linn CEFCD206) | New melody | 2015 | ||
| Daughters | 2015 | |||
| The New Customs | All Walls Fall | 2017 |