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Thread #26211   Message #53244
Posted By: Annraoi
10-Jan-99 - 06:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Bruach na Carraige Bainne
Subject: RE: English Lyrics Needed
Mick Lowe, Well, well, well, fancy meeting you here !!! "Bruach na Carraige Báine" has at least two versions with Irish words only. One is slow and the other rather more catchy. Of English versions, I know of none. However, there exist a couple of Macaronic versions. One has been recorded by Pádraigín Ní hUallacháin, and another by Máiréad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan. Personally, I'm not all that keen on Art lyrics in English set to Irish airs. If you know the original, they make very uncomfortable listening. But perhaps the worst of all is that English cannot sustain the intricacies of Gaelic rhyme at all convincingly. Annraoi. Why aren't you putting in the accents on the long vowels, Mick ? Your last note in "another place" assured me that you'd cracked it. Good luck, A.