The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69073   Message #3795647
Posted By: keberoxu
14-Jun-16 - 02:10 PM
Thread Name: Maire Ni Scolai (1909 - 1985) traditional singer
Subject: RE: Maire Ni Scolai (1909 - 1985) traditional singer
Regarding "Caoineadh na dTri Muire:"
My post of June 10 notes that Máire Ní Scolaí recorded four verses of this lengthy song. With my poor comprehension of Gaelic, I could not make out the first two of the verses on her recording. I reckon they must include at least one of the verses in Jim Carroll's June 14 post, in which there is a dialogue between the Blessed Mother and her son, Christ Jesus, on the cross. I just can't make out which ones.

I did make out the third and fourth verse sung on the recording. Interestingly, neither of these two particular verses are represented in Jim Carroll's post. But I do spy both of these verses in the June 14 post from Peter Laban: in the order Laban gives all the verses, they are stanzas 5 and 8. I posted a translation for both in my June 10 post.