AISLING GHEAL - Bright Vision.

And then I saw her
My vision woman
Hair abundant
And flowing about
Falling starlike
Touching the dewdrops
Stepping lightly
Brushing the heath
Upon her chest
Her breasts
Perfection
Her face a rose hip
Her neck a swan...

And Iarla's liner notes re this track...

In the tradition of the 'vision song' a story unfolds of a woman of great beauty, sometimes symbolising Ireland, who encounters the poet in a dream.

This particularly beautiful and mysterious version was introduced to me by the composer Peadar O Riada, whose guidance resulted in this recording of 1978 when I was 14 yrs old. The juxtaposition of child and love song gives this rendition its enigmatic power.