Lyr Req: Olole (Breton song)

Subject: Lyr Req: Olole
From: GUEST,Ffred_Clegg
Date: 10 Jul 04 - 02:19 PM

Does anyone have the lyrics for this Breton song? I've tried searching on the web but with no joy (though it seems to mean something in Somali as well!)

gwyn eich byd

Ffred

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Jul 04 - 02:45 PM

Only a cd or two, and mentioned with regard to the Breton Folk Festival. One of the cds:
Barzaz

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole (Breton song)
From: Nerd
Date: 10 Jul 04 - 07:08 PM

Weirdly, I have the Barzaz CD and the booklet has lyrics for every song except that one. Maybe they do it as an instrumental.

Is Olole in fact a Breton word? It does not look like one on the surface, and it's not in my Breton dictionary. Given its placement in the song it seems it could be a Proper name or even a nonsense word.

The song in fact has few words as YF Kemener sings it. Just a few couplets and a lot of la-la-la. But my Breton's not good enough to make it out.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole (Breton song)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Jul 04 - 07:52 PM

The word perhaps is imitative of bird calls. A remark about that at one cd site.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole (Breton song)
From: Nerd
Date: 10 Jul 04 - 11:07 PM

Just a brief explanation of my odd posting above. I wrote the first sentence, listened to the song, and then wrote the rest. Thus I can confirm that Barzaz does NOT perform it as an instrumental, but as a song sung by their vocalist, Yann Fanch Kemener. If you want to hear the song sung, it's a very good CD.

YFK also has a songbook out, which I do not own. It's possible the song in question is in the book.