Lyr Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littlin

Subject: Lyrics Requests
From: Lena
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 02:48 AM

Hellobeautiful people!!!Desperate girl in the library needs your help for artistic purposes...Anyone could give me the lyrics of a gaelic song about a fisherman called

Baidin Fheilimi`(sorry for the mispellings...)

and a scottish lullaby called

Bonny Wee Littl'un?!

Thanks very much.Please never send me to hell for my constant asking lyrics.....

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Please Note, but don't go to hell...

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Don't be distressed, Lena, but you won the banner for posting a generic lyrics request thread. You should give the thread a more specific title.

Subject: Lyr Add: LULLIN' THE LITTLIN' ^^
From: GUEST,Michael in Swansea
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 03:34 AM

LULLIN' THE LITTLIN'
(Mrs Zeta MacDonald)

Lie doon ma bonnie wee littlin'
Roun' wi' yer een tae the wa'
Oh, lie doon ma bairnie an sleep bonnie sleepies
Mammy will rock ye awa'

Dream o' yer Daddy's wee boatie
Sailin' sae blithe on the sea
An' fin ye are waukent yer Daddy is comin'
Wi' fishies tae fry tae yer tea

An' dream o' the bonnie wee wavies
Dancin' sae blithe on the sea
An' fin ye are waukent the tide will be turnin'
An' I'll tak' ye widin' wi' me

An' dream o' the bonnie wee buckies
Nestlin' sae snug in the san'
An' fin ye are waukent the gamies ye'll play there
Wrappe'd in yer ain wonderlan'

Sae lie doon ma bonnie wee littlin'
Roun' wi' yer een tae the wa'
Oh' lie doon ma bairnie an' sleep bonnie sleepies
Mammy wi' rock ye awa'

Notes: Zeta MacDonald was Isla St Clair's grandmother. Recorded by Isla (sigh) on the Traditional Scottish Ballads LP.

This ok Lena?

Mike

Subject: Lyr Add: BÁIDÍN FHEILIMÍ
From: Brendy
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 03:51 AM

BÁIDÍN FHEILIMÍ

Báidín Fheilimí d'imigh go Gabhla,
Báidín Fheilimí's, Feilimí ann
Báidín Fheilimí d'imigh go Gabhla,
Báidín Fheilimí's, Feilimí ann

CURFÁ
Báidín bídeach, báidín beosach,
Báidín bóideach, báidín Fheilimí.
Báidín direach, báidín deontach
Báidín Fheilimí's, Feilimí ann

Báidín Fheilimí d'imigh go Toraigh,
Báidín Fheilimí's, Feilimí ann
Báidín Fheilimí d'imigh go Toraigh,
Báidín Fheilimí's, Feilimí ann

CURFA

Báidín Fheilimí briseadh i d'Toraigh,
Báidín Fheilimí's, Feilimí ann
Báidín Fheilimí briseadh i d'Toraigh,
Báidín Fheilimí's, Feilimí ann

CURFA

B.

Subject: RE: Lyrics Requests
From: Lena
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 07:12 AM

Sorry,Joe.I was in a hurry and couldn't think about a title...and,yes,I admit I posted generic titles before.Sorry again.
But thanks to all you for giving me the lyrics!!!!!Yes,they're exactly what I was looking for.Mike,thanks for the information.

Subject: RE: Lyrics Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littlin
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 05:38 AM

i'd like to get guitar accords for baidin fheilimi.
thank you very much

Subject: RE: Lyrics Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littl
From: Fear Faire
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 05:45 AM

A few little things about BF there:

Bóideach should read "bóidheach".
Direach should read "díreach".

Feilimí is a little problematic. Usual modern spelling is Féilimí giving a long /e:/ sound to the first stressed syllable. This song was usually sung with a diphthong in that position derived from a previous spelling Feidhlimidh sounding like the diphthong in bye, tie, guy in English.

I think Gabhla is rendered Góla on more modern maps representing the long /o:/ sound which developed for that phoneme in Donegal Irish. Toraigh is also sung with that long /o:/ sound in this song although it can be said with a short vowel in common speech. Beosach and deontach also have the long /o:/ sound to complete the pattern.

Isn't this one of a number of Scottish Gaelic songs given an Irish version in the last hundred years or so?

Subject: RE: Lyrics Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littlin
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 05:06 AM

I haven't come across any Scottish Gaelic version of Báidí Fheidhlimidh

Subject: RE: Lyrics Req: Baidin Fheilimi
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 08:38 AM

see also this threadr Baidin Fheidhlimi

Subject: RE: Lyrics Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littl
From: Fear Faire
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 07:23 PM

I think the forms beosach, bóidheach and deontach give away a Scottish Gaelic origin despite their being understood in Irish.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littlin
From: GUEST,velma
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 01:08 AM

I'm looking for the translation into English of Baidin Fheilimi please.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littlin
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 03:00 AM

2 messages up there is a reference to another thread - try it

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littlin
From: Peace
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 03:44 AM

Báidín Fheidhlimidh d'imigh go Gabhla, - Feidhlim's little boat took off for Gabhla
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it
Báidín Fheidhlimidh d'imigh go Gabhla, - Feidhlim's little boat took off for Gola
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it

Báidín bídeach, báidín beosach, - A tiny little boat, a lively little boat
Báidín bóidheach, báidín Fheidhlimidh, - A foolish little boat, Feidhlim's little boat
Báidín díreach, báidín deontach, - A straight little boat, a willing little boat,
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it

Báidín Fheidhlimidh d'imigh go Toraigh, - Feidhlim's little boat took off for Toraigh
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it
Báidín Fheidhlimidh d'imigh go Toraigh, - Feidhlim's little boat took off for Toraigh
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it

Báidín bídeach, báidín beosach, - A tiny little boat, a lively little boat
Báidín bóidheach, báidín Fheidhlimidh, - A foolish little boat, Feidhlim's little boat
Báidín díreach, báidín deontach, - A straight little boat, a willing little boat,
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it

Báidín Fheidhlimidh briseadh i dToraigh í, - Feidhlim's little boat was crushed against Toraigh
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it
Báidín Fheidhlimidh briseadh i dToraigh í, - Feidhlim's little boat was crushed against Toraigh
Báidín Fheidhlimidh 's Feidhlimidh ann - Feidhlim's little boat and Feidhlim in it

That was the end of Feidhlimidh, I'm afraid. He was an Ulster chieftain who tried to escape his enemies even though his boat was far from suited for the Donegal seas. He first went to Gabhla but thought Toraigh a more secure hiding place. Unfortunately he never made it there, his boat broke against the high cliffs of Tory. He was neither the first nor the last to suffer this fate.


The above is from this site.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baidin Fheilimi & Lullin the Littlin
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 08:04 PM

Lovely. I am going to learn this as my first gaelic song..then I will learn Cill Chais??

I never knew he met with an unhappy end or it was about a chieftain..thought it was just a kid out in a boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag99KDfF9Q8

mg