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Thread #4555   Message #24814
Posted By: Charlie Cares
28-Mar-98 - 08:23 PM
Thread Name: Londonderry Air's original (Gaelic?) words
Subject: Londonderry Air's original (Gaelic?) words
Does anyone know of Gaelic words to Londonderry Air? The words under that name in this database look to me like a typical bad translation (the phrasing is klutzy, the rhymes are forced) This suggests that it originally had Gaelic words from which a better translation could be produced, if they could be located. Danny Boy (to the same melody) doesn't appear to be a translation at all, but I don't care for those words either and would like to be able to sing something to this really rather pretty tune when I get a request for Danny Boy at a performance. Does anyone know where I might look?

-- Charles Cares