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Thread #52487 Message #954479
Posted By: Felipa
17-May-03 - 02:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Se Fath Mo Bhuartha/Reason for my Sorrow
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fath mo Bhuartha
The usual version of tune and words is published in Nollaig Ó hUrmoltaigh, Ceolta Uladh 4 Dept of Celtic, Queen's University of Belfast, circa 1974. The compiler says that although this is a song from the province of Connacht it is also commonly sung further north.
Deirdre NĂ Fhlionn, singer and harpist whose style is a bit like Mary O'Hara, recorded Fath Mo Bhuartha on a Folkways album. It's probably not available now; I recall Alice Flynn and someone else on Mudcat mentioned they had copies of it, as do I.