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Thread #21175   Message #225468
Posted By: Mary in Kentucky
09-May-00 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: a lullaby in Gaelic
Subject: RE: Gaelic lyrics in a lullaby
Abby, I luuuuuuuv that one. Here's a beautiful Barry Taylor midi of Can ye Sew Cusions?

And Grandma Marshall, if you need help translating those "foreign" words, here's the Glossary of Scottsh Words put together by John in Brisbane.

One lullaby book (Lullabies From Around the World, Follett Publishing Co., 1967.) says, "In this, one of the best-known of Scotch ballads, a mother--'minnie'--sings a double song, a lullaby to soothe her child to sleep and a song of lament, recounting her fears for her sailor husband, her concern for his safety."