Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte

Subject: Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 May 16 - 06:29 PM

A ÓGÁNAIGH AN CHÚIL CHEANGAILTE

(traditional; musical arrangement by Gráinne Yeats)

A ógánaigh an chúil cheangailte
    le raibh mé seal in éineacht,
chuaigh tú aréir an bealach seo
    is ní tháinig tú dom fhéachaint.
Shíl mé nach ndéanfaí dochar duit
    dá dtiocfá agus mé d'iarraidh,
is gurb é do phóigín a thabharfadh sólás
    dá mbeinn i lár an fhiabhrais.

Agus shíl mé, a stóirín,
    go mba gealach agus grian tú,
agus shíl mé ina dhiaidh sin
    go mba sneachta ar an sliabh tú,
agus shíl mé ina dhiaidh sin
    go mba lóchrann ó Dhia tú,
nó go mba tú an réalt eolais
    ag dul romham is 'mo dhiaidh tú.

Gheall tú síoda is saitin dom
    callaí agus bróga arda,
is gheall tú tar a éis sin
    go leanfá tríd an snámh mé.
Ní mar sin atá mé
    ach 'mo sgeach i mbéal bearna
gach nóin agus gach maidin
    ag féachaint tí mo mháthar.


This traditional lyric is copied as printed on pp. 303 - 304 of:
An Duanaire 1600 - 1900: Poems of the Dispossessed
editor: Seán Ó Tuama
original copyright/first edition Bord na Gaeilge in 1981;
reprint Dublin: © Foras na Gaeilge 2002.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 19 May 16 - 12:52 PM

I think Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin has recorded this song, and that there is a previous posting on Mudcat.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 19 May 16 - 08:23 PM

The recording by Gráinne Yeats uses a completely different melody.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: Felipa
Date: 14 Jul 16 - 07:19 PM

Pádraigín sometimes sets lyrics to tunes
Here is the thread with A Óganaigh Óigas sung by Pádraigín Ní Ullacháin. The themes of these songs are similar.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Jul 16 - 02:01 PM

and here is the recording congruent with the original post on this thread

Grainne Yeats

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: Felipa
Date: 19 Jul 16 - 05:39 PM

I can't access the Gráinne Yeats youtube, I get a notice that the video isnt available. Has this to do with what countries we are in? Anyway, there is another youtube recording of A Óganaigh an chúil cheangailte Éilis Ní Shuilleabháin from Cork

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Jul 16 - 05:49 PM

Regrets, Felipa. Suppose your guess is correct, as here in the US I have no trouble accessing through the link.

Subject: RE: A oganaigh an chuil cheangailte
From: GUEST,Felipa
Date: 20 Jul 16 - 10:17 AM

In Dónal Súilleabhain's book Songs of there Irish there's another song called [A]' Óganaigh Óig , which appears to be to be closer to A Óganaigh an chúil cheangailte than to the song A Óganaigh Óig on the other thread (link posted here 14 July 2016)

If I get around to typing up the lyrics and translations, I will probably decide that song is different enough to warrant a thread of its own.