The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9   Message #12
Posted By: hartford@amexfa.e-mail.com
03-Oct-96 - 07:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Maire Ni Eidhin
Subject: Maire Ni Eidhin/Banish Misfortune
Can anyone point me toward a publication available in the States that would include the text to Raftery's Gaelic poem/song, "Maire Ni Eidhin"?

According to the liner notes in the Chieftain's second album, this is often sung to the tune "Banish Misfortune."

Also--anyone know where where I can find the Gaelic for "I am Stretched On Your Grave"? The Voice Squad's liner notes suggest that the well-known English words are a translation of an anonymous Gaelic song--it's rather a disturbing song in English, and I'm curious about how disturbing the original might be...

Go raibh chead mille maith agaibh, a chairde!