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10 Jul 04 - 02:19 PM (#1222939) Subject: Lyr Req: Olole From: GUEST,Ffred_Clegg 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 |
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10 Jul 04 - 02:45 PM (#1222949) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole From: Q (Frank Staplin) Only a cd or two, and mentioned with regard to the Breton Folk Festival. One of the cds: Barzaz |
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10 Jul 04 - 07:08 PM (#1223050) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole (Breton song) From: Nerd 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. |
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10 Jul 04 - 07:52 PM (#1223062) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole (Breton song) From: Q (Frank Staplin) The word perhaps is imitative of bird calls. A remark about that at one cd site. |
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10 Jul 04 - 11:07 PM (#1223120) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Olole (Breton song) From: Nerd 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. |