Rakes of Mallow

"The Rakes of Mallow" is a traditional Irish song and polka.

[citation needed] It is similar to the tune of The Rigs of Marlow, from which it may have been adapted.

[3][4] A version of the song was arranged by Leroy Anderson, and the song was also featured for fight scenes in the films The Quiet Man (1952) and 1941 (1979), as well as for a montage sequence in the 1993 film set at the aforementioned University of Notre Dame, Rudy.

It was one of the European songs adapted by the Indian Carnatic music composer Muthuswami Dikshitar in the 18th/19th century with Sanskrit lyrics, in this case as Vande Meenakshi, a prayer to the goddess Meenakshi.

[5] Tommaso Giordani uses the tune in the 3rd movement of his overture to "The Island of Saints" Leroy Anderson