Lyr Req: Mo Ghile Mear (from Chieftains)

Subject: Mo ghile mear
From: GUEST,Cuchulainn
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 10:37 AM

hi, looking for the chieftains version of mo ghile mear,with sting. thx for your help.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mo ghile mear
From: belfast
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 11:02 AM

The CD is "The Long Black Veil" by the Chieftains with guest artists - everybody from Ry Cooder, Tom Jones,the Stones to Van the Man and Mark Knopfler. It is a great album. No collection should be without it.

Sting's version of Mo Ghile Mear is in English (but hard to decipher) except for the chorus which is in Irish. Paddy Moloney wrote it out for him phonetically.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mo ghile mear
From: Bullfrog Jones
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 03:56 PM

I agree with Belfast. I love it -- especially Tom jones making a three-act drama out of The Tennessee Waltz!

BJ

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mo ghile mear
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 04:38 PM

already discussed on various Mudcat threads. See, for instance, these lyrics:
Sting version
Irish Gaelic

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mo ghile mear
From: belfast
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 07:18 AM

Tom Jones! Wonderful!

But here's a little story about the album. The track "The Rocky Road to Dublin" was originally planned for Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones. Kevin Coneff recorded a guide track for him, changing the traditional opening lines from "merry month of June" to "merry month of May" and "Tuam" to "Slane" (Ron Wood's Irish residence, I gather). And in between a couple of verses the riff from "Satisfaction". But when Ron Wood heard what he was supposed to do he exclaimed, "I can't fecking sing that!" So it was released with Kevin's guide track and I'm sure it's none the worse for it.

But when the song segues into a slip jig (The Boys of Ballisadare, if I'm not mistaken) with bluesy lead guitar stuff from the Stones, the sound of Jean Butler dancing (at first I thought it was someone playing on the rim of the bodhran) …. A pure delight.

Subject: Lyr Add: MO GHILE MEAR
From: GUEST,Esther
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 02:40 PM

Hiya,

I don't know if these are the lyrics you're looking for, but this is what I have:

MO GHILE MEAR

1. Seal go rabhas im' mhaighdean shéimh
Anois im bhaintreach chaite thréith
Mo chéile a' treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gnoc 's in imigéin

Curfá:
'Sé mo laoch mo ghile mear
'Sé mo Shaesar gile mear
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó luadh i gcéin mo ghile mear

2. Bimse buan ar buairt gach ló
Ag caoi go crua 's ag tuar na ndeor
Ó scaoiléadh uainn an buachaill beo
'S ná riomhtar tuairisc uaidh mo bhrón

Curfá

3. Ni haoibhinn cuach ba shuairc ar neoin
Táid fiochaoin uaisle ar uathadh spóirt
Táid saoithe is suadha i mbuairt 's i mbrón
Ó d'imigh uainn an buachaill beo

Curfá

If you want, I can also give you the translation. Hope this is what you are looking for!

Esther [e-mail]

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