The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2747 Message #3797887
Posted By: keberoxu
26-Jun-16 - 07:24 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Glenroe theme / Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Glenroe theme / Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin
Not to be repetitive, just confirmation.
Gael-Linn's vinyl LP number CEF 029 is titled "Máire Ní Scolaí". Side 1 has twelve tracks, all unaccompanied vocals. Side 2 has nine tracks, all with piano accompaniment, mostly from around 1938-1939 sessions for HMV in London. On Side 2, track 7 is titled "Cuaichín Ghleann Neifín", on which Máire Ní Scolaí is accompanied by pianist Duncan Morrison, longtime accompanist for Scottish tenor Canon Sydney MacEwan.
There are three verses. The first is:
Eireoidh mé amárach le fáinne an lae ghléigil...
The second verse is:
Is nach aoibhinn don áiléar a mbíonn mo ghrá geal ag dul air....
....and if I ever catch verse three, you all will be the first to know.