"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

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"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

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References

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  1. ^ "Irish Song Lyrics - Macushla". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Irish Roots Cafe". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ^ Axel Klein: "Olcott, Chauncey", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. by Harry White & Barra Boydell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2013), p. 775–776.
  4. ^ Archive, Irish Traditional Music (2018-12-08). "Macushla / John McCormack". ITMA. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  5. ^ "James McCracken - The Meeting Of The Waters". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  6. ^ Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein, retrieved 2018-12-08
  7. ^ "Josef Locke - Galway Bay / Macushla". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.