Existing threads of traditional Irish song already include a thread which is titled "Seothin seo-h-o," as followers of Gaelic lyrics will have noticed at Mudcat. Before starting this new thread, I carefully reviewed the existing thread which is many years old. It is a fact that some of the lyrics, in this thread's OP, may be spotted on the earlier thread.

It is also a fact that the earlier "Seothin seo-h-o" thread contains two, three, or more OTHER lullaby-lyrics which contain the words in the thread title, but are different lyrics and are sung to different tunes entirely. The earlier thread, it follows, is actually a multi-song thread. My objective, in starting this "Suantraidhe" thread, is a particular focus on the cradle-song edited by Mrs. Eileen Costello and published in 1921 in her anthology. In the years since this particular lyric was printed with this traditional music -- a tune so well-known that it sometimes goes by "Connemara Lullaby," and is as often hummed wordlessly as sung -- numerous performers have adopted this version, and more than one sound recording exists, especially with these Gaelic words. Therefore, this version deserves its very own thread.

To substantiate the authorship attributed to the Gaelic lyrics in the original post on this thread, here is a quote from the same source, the Amhráin Mhuige Seóla, from commentary by editor Eileen Costello (also identified as Eibhlín Bean Mhic Choisdealbha).

"...the Rev. Professor T. O'Kelly ('ibh Maine'), U.C., Galway, who composed the verses which I have given with the air. He has kindly given me permission to use them for this collection. " (page 67)