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Thread #13136   Message #909857
Posted By: GUEST,Philippa
14-Mar-03 - 08:42 AM
Thread Name: Yundah: Hebridean Selkie chant???
Subject: RE: Yundah: Hebridean Selkie chant???
I sent the above to MMario as I was curious about the origin of the above song which has been passed on in a garbled form. I wondered if it was the same as 'Yundah'. I will be grateful for any further information.

I'm now taking the liberty to copy and paste the abc which Malcolm Douglas has helpfully provided, so that you can have both tunes in close proximity.

"As quoted in Songs of the Hebrides, Kenneth MacLeod and Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser, vol.II. (But here re-quoted from David Thomson, The People of the Sea, 1954)."

X:1
T:The Seal-Woman's Sea-Joy.
B:Songs of the Hebrides vol.II
Z:Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
M:3/4
K:C
|: (A6 | D6)| A6 | G6 | {d}A6 | D6 |
w:Ionn da ionn do Ionn da
C2 C4 | D6 :| {A}(G2 F2) G2 | A6 || C2 C4 | C6 |]
w:od-ar da. Hi-o-dan dao od-ar da.