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Thread #7161   Message #48410
Posted By: Philippa
07-Dec-98 - 11:02 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mo Ghile Mear (from Altan)
Subject: RE: Altan version of Mo Ghile Mear
That's Gael Linn (not cealic linn) I'm not aware of an Altan recording?

There's a big problem with the Mo Ghile Mear text on the DT, loads of serious misspellings. The main fault seems to be that an 'e' with an accent mark (é)has been transmitted as 'i' so that, for instance 'féin' becomes 'fiin' and 'chéile' becomes 'chiil'

Dave Murphy contributed a version of Mo Ghile Mear to a previous thread (Apr 97)I think there are a couple of typos here, such as 'chaomhvhneas' with the superfluous vh. But apparently Dave has contributed the original Jacobite lyric, which is really interesting, but it's not the way anyone sings it today.

I've asked Annraoi Ó Preith, who will do a better job than I can, to submit alternative lyrics to the forum, to correct whats on the DT and I hope that after he does this the DT compilers will in due course replace the poor example that's there at present.