Lyr Req: nil me slan

Subject: Lyr Req: sean nos- ta an oiche seo dorcha
From: GUEST,Dimphne
Date: 04 Mar 03 - 01:58 AM

Can anyone help me with the lyrics for this song, it's a beautiful air, but i've only fragements of the words from memory,

Ist verse
Nil me tinn agus nil me slan,
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2nd
Ta an oiche seo doracha is ta si fuar
Is ta si ag goilliunt orm, mo chroi go crua,
Mo stor a d'imigh uaim, is nach mor an feall,
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3rd
Thaning me areir ag an doras
Agus lig me fead orm gus glora ard,
Is eard a duirt a h athair dom, is nach raibh si ann,
Go raibh si imithe go mericea

Excuse the spelling, hope this jogs someones memory,
Dimphne

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nil me slan
From: MMario
Date: 04 Mar 03 - 08:58 AM

is this it? click

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nil me slan
From: Felipa
Date: 04 Mar 03 - 03:41 PM

ah,MMario, you beat me to it!

The mudcat thread is called Little Priest; the song "an Sagairtín"

also on the web at
http://www.uwm.edu/People/bmhart/sagairtin.html

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nil me slan
From: Felipa
Date: 04 Mar 03 - 03:47 PM

PS The version at http://www.uwm.edu/People/bmhart/sagairtin.html has the verse starting "níl mé tinn agus níl mé slán"

I'll copy it into the Little Priest thread later

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: nil me slan
From: GUEST,dimphne
Date: 08 Mar 03 - 12:52 AM

Thanks for getting back to me on that Felipa and MMario, I'd never heard the first verse of that before, maybe that's why I couldn't source it myself, it certainly adds a differant dimension to it. The second version you pointed me to on the uwm site is the one I'd be more familiar with, good to have it again after searching so long for it.


- Dimphne

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: níl mé slán
From: Felipa
Date: 26 Apr 03 - 03:26 AM

although we did find the song lyrics Dimphne was seeking, it may be useful to know that the line "Níl mé tinn agus níl mé slán" also appears in
GÁRDAÍ AN RÍ (go to the "G" page at the eirefirst web site)
similar context of longing for a lover, in this case because the words belong to someone who has enlisted in the King's Guards