Lyr Add: Aililiu Na Gamhna

Subject: Lyr Add: AILILIU NA GAMHNA
From: Laurel
Date: 15 Mar 99 - 08:10 PM

Hello!
Does anyone know the correct pronunciations for AILILIU NA GAMHNA? I have been working on this song for a while and don't yet know how to pronounce the words. If you know Irish/Gaelic could you put down the way each word should sound? Thanks, below is the words I have.

AILILIU NA GAMHNA

Is inion d' aoire gan amhras
Do bhiodh ina conai cois taobh na Leamhna
Bhi bothan agam fein ann is fuinneog I gceann de,
Fad a bhiodh an bainne ag teamh agam
'sea ghlaofainn ar na gamhna

CURFA: Aililiu na gamhna, na gamhna bana,
Aililiu na gamhna, na gamhna b'iad a b'fhearr liom,
Aililiu na gamhna, na gamhna geala bana,
Na gamhna maidin shamhraidh
Ag damhsa ar na banta

Faightear dom cana is faightear dom bhuarach
Is faightear dom soitheach ina gcuirfead mo chuid uachtair.
Ceolta si na cruinne bheith a sioirchur I m'chluasa
Ba bhinne liomsa geimneach na mbo ag teacht chun buaile

CURFA

Rachaimid ar an aonach is ceannoimid gamhna
Is cuirfimid ar fear iad amach ins na gleannta,
Iosfaidh siad an fear is barr an aitinn ghallda
Is tiocfaidh siad abhaile chun an bhainne I gcoir an tSamhraidh.

CURFA



Well, that is that and boy, did the spell-checker dislike this one!
Silant'
Laurel

Subject: RE: Aililiu Na Gamhna
From: Aine
Date: 15 Mar 99 - 10:10 PM

Dear Laurel,

If you've gotten the lyrics of this song from the liner notes of a CD, I would suggest listening carefully as the song is being sung to get the 'sound' of the words.

Otherwise, I would suggest that you try and find an Irish language class in your area and take some courses. Why not experience the whole language instead of only a little piece of it? If there isn't a class in your area, there are a few good websites with attendant sound files that could probably help you. Also, there a few quite good affordable book and tape sets that you can order to help introduce you to the Irish language.

Believe me, if you don't know any thing other than just the 'sounds' of a song, you'll never really understand what you are singing. Good luck, Aine

Subject: RE: Aililiu Na Gamhna
From: Laurel
Date: 16 Mar 99 - 07:07 AM

Aine, I know what the transilations are too.

Laurel

Subject: RE: Aililiu Na Gamhna
From: Philippa
Date: 16 Mar 99 - 07:18 AM

But you're still far better off learning the sounds from recordings and/or live teachers than from an inadequate phonetic transcription

Subject: RE: Aililiu Na Gamhna
From: GUEST,Robbi McMillen
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 08:25 PM

Is nyeen deera may a faynig gun awras,
Daw vee-ak ina konee cosh tee-ow na l-yawna,
Vee bohan ugum hayne un is fwinyog i gyun day
Fad a vee-o an b-wanya chay-oo agum,
Sha leefeen ar na gawna.

Chorus;
Alayloo na ga-oo-na, na ga-oo-na bwana,
Alayloo na ga-oo-na, na ga-oo-na bee-id a bwar lyom,
Alayloo na ga-oo-na, na ga-oo-na gyala bwana,
Na ga-oo-na mwajeen ha-oo-ree ig da-oo-sa ar na bwanta.

Fa-ee-chir doo cana is fa-ee-chir doo woorah
Fa-ee-chir doo see-hah na gur-had mo cudge uhter
Cyolta shee na crinya vay a sheer-hur i mo h-loo-sa,
Ba vinya l-yomsa gaym-nyah na mo a chat hun boo-lya.

Chorus

Rahamid er an ee-nah is cyan-oee-mid bwanya,
Is cur-amidge ar fair ee-ad amah ins na glyanta,
Eesfee shade an fair is bar an a-chin galda,
Is chuk-hee shade awalya hun an bwalya gore a tawree.





Just remember that it changes depending on where in Ireland the person singing it has come from. This is only a rough going over. I'm from Ulster, so the versions you have heard may sound different.

Robbi
www.robbimusic.com

Subject: RE: Aililiu Na Gamhna
From: Zhenya
Date: 31 Dec 06 - 10:06 AM

Karan Casey sang this with Solas. It's on the recordng "Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers."