The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160222   Message #3799445
Posted By: GUEST
08-Jul-16 - 06:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: O Mhic a' Mhaoir
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O Mhic a' Mhaoir
Thanks to all of you! so great to find them.

Philippa - I'd only heard the Maeve MacKinnon recording til now - yes, opulent, but I think I might not have come across it otherwise. The melody is beautiful.

Yes, I'd found those other similar-sounding songs, and realised this was a different one.

I have very little Gaelic unfortunately. And now I have another small problem... to see how the words work with the melody/rhythm, I've just tried to match the words Guest has kindly given to what Maeve is singing, and can't! wonder if possibly anyone has a few minutes, could you just write out the first few lines exactly as Maeve is singing them? just to get me started, so I can see how the words fall.

Sorry to ask for yet more!

thanks again.