Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)

Subject: Lyr Req: Julie Fowlis Lon Dubh lyrics
From: GUEST,Lurgainn ( forgot my M/c password )
Date: 12 Apr 10 - 05:18 AM

Reduced to guest status. If you have the Gaidhlig lyrics to Lon Dubh as done by JF and prepared to share, that would make me smile from ear to ear !
L.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Jan 12 - 01:24 PM

The song is called LON DUBH (BLACKBIRD) and appears on Julie Fowlis' 3-CD album "Cuilidh" (2007) and her "Live at Perthshire Amber" (2011).

The song seems to be a translation into Scots Gaelic of the Beatles' song BLACKBIRD.

(BLACKBIRD was officially credited to Lennon/McCartney but was written by Paul McCartney, and performed as a solo by McCartney on the Beatles' "white album.")

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: michaelr
Date: 06 Jan 12 - 03:23 PM

Jim, my copy of Cuilidh contains only one CD. Do you have a special edition?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Jan 12 - 03:57 PM

Londubh, by Poolewe a lovely part of the Highlands.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Jan 12 - 06:24 PM

MichaelR: No, I only have the description at Allmusic.com.

By the way, I have a correction: I said it was 3 CDs. The description actually says "3 disks." In fact, 2 are CDs and one is a DVD.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: michaelr
Date: 06 Jan 12 - 06:29 PM

Ah, I see: it's a Special Edition. I'll have to track that down - maybe MusicScotland have it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: GUEST,#
Date: 27 Mar 21 - 08:26 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MzetQfKwbE

A poster on the YouTube site has posted the lyrics in what I presume is Scottish Gaelic.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: Felipa
Date: 28 Mar 21 - 08:43 AM

Lon-dubh a' seinn ann an dubhar na h-oidhche
tog do sgiathan brist' is èirigh suas
fad do rè, bha thu a' feitheamh airson an tìd' gu togail rithe.

[blackbird singing in the darkness of the night, that your boken wing and rise up/ all your life you were waiing for the time to get away /make a run]

Lon-dubh a' seinn ann an dubhar na h-oidhche,
tog an sgàil bho d' shùil is seall gu geur
fad do rè, bha thu a' feitheamh airson an tioc a bhios tu saor.

[blackbird singing in the darkness of the night, take the shade from your eye and look sharply/ all your lifetime you were waiting to be free]

Lon-dubh sgèith, lon-dubh sgèith,
Steach dhan t-sòlas dubh na h-oidhche.

[Blackbird fly, blackbird, fly, fly.....
into the black light of the night]


Lon-dubh a' seinn ann an dubhar na h-oidhche
tog do sgiathan brist' is èirigh suas
fad do rè, bha thu a' feitheamh airson an tìd' gu togail rithe.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lon Dubh (from Julie Fowlis)
From: leeneia
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 04:35 PM

Thanks for sharing this. Julie Fowlis has a lovely voice.