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Posted By: GUEST,duine-saor
17-Dec-03 - 01:43 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Seathan Mac Righ Eireann
Subject: RE: Origins: Seathan Mac Righ Eireann
Found my copies of Seathan - for those that want a copy, E me.
seamus@peak.org
As I was saying earlier, a song of great antiquity, (perhaps c. 1300 AD or earlier) originally a lament, then a waulking song.
Something like 200 verses, but I have only a handful in Gaelic, plus the Carmina Gadelica English version (which appears to have all or most of the verses.
Most people only sing 2-4 verses these days.
Tioreadh!
S