"Macushla" is the title of an Irish song that was copyrighted in 1910, with music by Dermot Macmurrough ( Harold R. White) and lyrics by Josephine V. Rowe.
The title is a transliteration of the Irish mo chuisle, meaning "my pulse" as used in the phrase a chuisle mo chroí, which means "pulse of my heart", and thus mo chuisle has come to mean "darling" or "sweetheart". [1] [2]
Utilisations in music
"Macushla" became the signature tune in the 1912 musical Macushla by Chauncey Olcott. [3]
The song was recorded by a number of operatic tenors including John McCormack, [4] James McCracken, [5] Christian Ketter, [6] Kenneth McKellar and Josef Locke. [7]
Utilisations in movies
- 1938: In Hawaii Calls, Bobby Breen sings it with the Raymond Paige orchestra.
- 1945: In Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck, the cow was called Macushla.
- 1996: The song was used in the historical drama, Michael Collins.
- 2004: In Million Dollar Baby, trainer Frankie has "Mo Chuisle" embroidered on the silks of boxer Maggie Fitzgerald ( Hilary Swank) for her first overseas fight, and it is subsequently chanted by the various crowds in the film numerous times.
References
- ^ "Irish Song Lyrics - Macushla". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ "Irish Roots Cafe". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Axel Klein: "Olcott, Chauncey", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. by Harry White & Barra Boydell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2013), p. 775–776.
- ^ Archive, Irish Traditional Music (2018-12-08). "Macushla / John McCormack". ITMA. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "James McCracken - The Meeting Of The Waters". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein, retrieved 2018-12-08
- ^ "Josef Locke - Galway Bay / Macushla". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.