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GUEST,thurg Why do our songs last so long ? (78* d) RE: Why do our songs last so long ? 19 Nov 06


Azizi -

I've probably gotten a little carried away here, but you of all people should understand that! Anyway, here are a number of samples from the Cape Breton singer Mary Jane Lamond, from: http://www.maryjanelamond.com/music.html ... No doubt there would have been a way of linking them, but I don't know what it is. My apologies! If you look at the track listings from the albums, you'll find these among them. I have put an NB in front of the songs that are done in a straight traditional manner. They are all some manner of call-and-response songs in Scottish Gaelic:


From "Storas":
[mp3] » Gur e mo rùn an Dòmhnallach (It is my love the MacDonald Man)
[mp3] » Bal na h-Aibhne Deas (Ball at Southwest Margaree)
          » Cumha Aoghnuis( Lament for Angus)
          » An Gaidheal am measg nan Gaidheal (Gael among the Lowlanders)

"Gaelic Songs of Cape Breton":
NB [mp3] » Illean Aigh
          » Cead Deireannach Nam Beann
          » A Fhleasgaich Vasail
          » Puirt Eos Peadair (Joe Peter's Tunes)
NB [mp3] » Oran a' Phiognaig
          » Am Braighe (lead singer a male in this one; in Cape Breton men participate in waulking, or milling as it's known in C.B.)
NB [mp3] » Nighean Dubh, Nighean Donn

"Lan Duil":
NB [mp3] » Ill ù ill ò illean's ò (may be some children singing here,maybe just child-like voices)

"Suas e!":
       » Oran Snìomh (Spinning Song)
[mp3] » Seinn O
          » Dòmhnall Mac 'ic
          » E Horò
NB [mp3] » Oran do Ghille a Chaidh a Bhàthadh
             (On the Drowning of a Young Man)

"Bho Thir Nan Croabh"
NB [mp3] » He Mo Leannan: Hey My Love
NB [mp3] » Cha Bhi Mi Buan: I Will Not Survive   
          » Ba, Ba, Ba, Mo leanabh: Hush, Hush, Hush My Little Baby (maybe a mistake in the titles here?)




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