"" ('Páidin's Wife') is an

Irish folk song Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there we ...

, in the

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

. The song takes the point of view of a jealous and angry woman who yearns to be married to Páidin (Paddy), who already has a wife. The song is known for containing some rather harsh lyrical content as it portrays the hatred that the narrator has toward the other woman. The song started in the genre.

Joe Heaney Joe Heaney (AKA Joe Éinniú; Irish: Seosamh Ó hÉanaí) (1 October 1919 – 1 May 1984) was an Irish traditional ( sean nós) singer from County Galway, Ireland. He spent most of his adult life abroad, living in England, Scotland and New York ...

was known to have sung the song in a medley.

Celtic Woman Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female music ...

's version contains partial English lyrics.

Notable recordings

Planxty Planxty were an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars ...

– '' The Well Below the Valley'' (1973) *

Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola () (born c. 1977) is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is deeply rooted in the sean-nós singing style of her home on Inis Oírr, one of the Aran Islands. Biography Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola was born on Inisheer, Aran I ...

– (2002) *

– ''Destiny'' (2016) *

Orla Fallon Orla may refer to: Places * Orla, Missouri, USA * Orla, Texas, USA *Orla, Jharkhand, India *Orla, Podlaskie Voivodeship Orla ( be, Орля, Podlachian: ''Vôrla'', uk, Вірля ''Virlia'') is a village in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodesh ...

– ''Lore'' (2020) * John Spillane – ''Irish Songs We Learned at School'' (2008)

References

External links

*https://www.omniglot.com/songs/irish/beanphaidin.php *https://songsinirish.com/bean-phaidin-lyrics/ *https://genius.com/Planxty-bean-phaidin-lyrics *https://www.bitesize.irish/gachla/sing/paidin/ *https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/ireland-1951-and-1953/oughterard-151/bean-phaidin-pats-wife *https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/03/17/celtic-woman-stories-behind-songs/81879448/ *https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/bean-phaidin-paddys-wife-or-i-wanna-be-paddys-girl-226344931-238256661 *https://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/secondary-students/music/popular-songs-and-recordings/bean-phaidin/ *http://www.rosenlake.net/er/irish/bean-phaidin.html *http://www.tablyricfm.com/artist-Orla-Fallon-tab-Lyric-fm *https://www.amazon.com/Lore-%C3%93rla-Fallon/dp/B08D7ZS6ZY *https://johnspillane.ie/shop/irish-songs-we-learned-at-school-ar-ais-aris/ {{Authority control Irish folk songs