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Thread #59163   Message #2680826
Posted By: Jim McLean
15-Jul-09 - 12:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Highland Fairy Lullaby
Subject: RE: Folklore: The Highland Fairy Lullaby
Voldymyr, all the information you require is posted above and it is a fairly common song sung by Scottish folksingers. Looking at the thread again I think the word 'bairnie' for 'baby' is not quite right. The translation is in English and, for example, the phrase is 'to go and gather...' not 'tae gang ....'. I know when I wrote my song 'Hush, Hush' in English I used '..smile in your sleep bonnie baby' but some singers think they can make it more Scottish by using 'bairnie' instead of 'baby'. This doesn't work for my ears.