Irish song request, unknown name, only have a couple of verses, sorry about the silly rhyme; couldn't help myself... It was many and many a year ago, in a pub down by the sea. 'Sé 'Droignean Donn' an t-ainm bhí air, is ann a bhí amhránaí. I had it on cassette tape, old fashioned though it be, But the tape wore out, without a doubt, and died eventually. It had a song, a few stanzas long, as Gaeilge it was sung. That song with great nostalgia in my memory has rung. The singer's name I do not know, but his voice I still recall. Some words are in my memory yet; I never knew them all. An bhfuil a fhios ag éinne -- Does anybody know? A song that went somewhat like this, that I have writ below: Is breathnaím amach thrí na fuinneoga móra seo, Is feicim an taoide ag tuilleadh sa trath, Na carraigreacha loma ag lonradh faoin ngrian gheall, Na faoileáin ina mílte <and some words i don't know>. Nuair a chloisim an callán na n-inneall im' thimpeall, 'S iad ag gíoscán is ag fuaimniú is ag torann gan scith, 'Sea smaoinímse siar ar laethanta m' óige, Ar an maidin go gleoite a d'fhág mé i m'dhiaidh. which translates (approximately) to this: I'm gazing outside thru these great picture windows Admiring the ocean and the tide on the shore, The rocks on the shoreline reflecting the sunlight And seagulls by the thousands <I don't know these words>. When I notice the noise of the engines all 'round me all the creaking and humming with an unceasing din, I ponder again the days I was younger, And the morning so enchanting that I left behind. I'll put down the melody, as best i can recall it: X:1 M:3/4 K:C D | E E F | G G A | _B _B c | d3 | c3 | z2 c | c c d | c c (G/A/) | _B<_B A | G3 | z2 c | d/d/ c c | c G> A | _B G F | G C2 | z2 z/D/ | E G G/G/ | A G z/E/ | F E D | C3 z2 E/F/ | G G A | _B _B c | d c c | G c2 | z2 c/c/ | c c c/d/ | c c G/A/ | _B<_B A | G3 | z2 c | d c c | c2 (G/A/) | _B G F | G3 | C3 | z2 C/D/ | E G G | A G E | F D B, | C3 ||
This was in Spiddal in the 1980s, and i suppose the singer was local. Can anybody identify the song, maybe the writer, or anything? Thanks. Lynn
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