She's My Love - Kathleen MacInnes

[kaikar00]

@GreenManelishi - If you live in the US and are interested in buying the DVD, it is available from Music Scotland. I just received my copy and watched it last weekend. Three hours of bliss!

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

For cryingt out loud - who is the moran that suggested that this was related to a Germanic language? Do yer balls need adjustment or tightening? Only somebody who has no idea of History could have suggested this and lesser mortals gave them credence - Germans = MARS = GAEL = EARTHS MOON - ... here endeth the lesson

[GreenManelishi]

Sadly, tragically, disappointingly this wonderful program is not available on DVD for those of us in the USA.

[SuperBrenda47]

I've just read all the comments below on the Scots language. Its derivation is Old English. The Lothian was part of Northumbria from c650 to c1000. This is well understood (al least I thought it was!).

[riadamilesius]

What's the name of the stringed instrument that is at the beginging of this video?

[riadamilesius]

What's the instrument at the very begining of this video called?

[Tphilpott1]

Scots is not a Germanic language. It's part of the Goidelic group. Manx, Scots, Irish, Cornish and Breton. English is Germanic - no relationship with with either Scots or Irish Gaelic.

[Lewie91]

@Tphilpott1 Scots IS a Germanic language/dialect of English (depending on your viewpoint) spoken in the Lowlands. When referring to Gàidhlig in English speaking contexts, we say Gaelic [Gaa-lik], or 'the Gaelic'.

Under no circumstances would you refer to Gàidhlig as Scots. It would be entirely incorrect.

[Lotrfan99]

@Lewie91 Exactly. I dont get why people dont understand that. Scots=West Germanic Dialect, Gaelic/Gaeilge/Gaidhlig=Goidel­ic Language Group. I'm not even Irish or Scottish.

[alistaircassidy]

@Tphilpott1 Sorry but you are a bit of a daftie! :-)

[easgair]

from wiki: Prior to the 15th century English speech in Scotland was known as "English" (written Ynglis or Inglis at the time). Prior to the 15th century the term "Scottish" (Scottis) referred instead to Gaelic.

I think, that there are only gaelic speakers in US NorthEast coast and Western Isles, because there are virtually none around Glasgow, as all locals here use Scottish English dialects and it is Germanic language with some gaelic influences, like accents, and some gaelic words.

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@easgair Wiki doesn't mean is righy - wiki doesn't do deep

[forresterrobed]

Happy happy, fantastic!

[MuchToDoAboutNowt]

Actually Scots is a Germanic language...

Any road, I can't get enough of this song! <3

[TheSandsie13]

scots ,irish , welsh we're all gaels. lets leave it at that shall we. just listen to the music.

[Angus01ful]

@TheSandsie13 The gaels of Ireland ,Scotland and Manx are Gaels ,However the welsh are not ..although they are all Celtic..there foundation is cymraeg.

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@TheSandsie13 The welsh weren't GAELS BUT Celtic none the less but the music is the real message regardless of would be historians so thumbs up - listen

[arkhatych]

This beautiful love song can't be sang by a woman becase it's a song for a Woman, So a Man must sing this lovely song.

[98jejq]

What is the song called in irish?

[iriasyrenee]

@98jejq The song is called "gaol ise gaol"

[ajmobeel]

amazing. love it

[bmrti]

Agreed... She's far sexier than she can ever imagine

[Ralphiesyo]

Beautiful sounds that are part of Ireland that should never be lost!

[bookkeeper57]

@Ralphiesyo I think this one by Kathleen MacInnes is a Scots walking song. I agree with you though; Ireland

and Scotland are both well represented

in this Highland Sessions program.

[heimskur]

@bookkeeper57 It's waulking (òrain luaidh) not walking (siubhal), and you really ought not to refer to something of Gàidhlig origin as "Scots," as Scots is a completely unrelated Germanic language.

[bookkeeper57]

@heimskur Scots is not an "unrelated Germanic language";

emphasis on "not - Germanic". English is a Germanic language.

Original languages of Scotland and Ireland have a common root,

which is not Germanic aka Teutonic.

[arkhatych]

Who cares Celtic or Germanic, let us listen the beautiful song quietly

[kittycatcarley]

@arkhatych thank you :))))

[arkhatych]

No, you mast say it to tomtscotland

[odinfromcentr2]

@bookkeeper57 Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is the Celtic language spoken in Scotland. Scots branched off Old English (a Germanic language) before French influenced it. So, yes, Scots is a Germanic language. However, both Celtic and Germanic languages are Indo-European languages, so they're not unrelated.

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@odinfromcentr2 Your talking through you backside and you really haven't a clue do you?

[hafpipe]

@bookkeeper57 I think you meant Gaelic song..... not Scots. Two very different languages. But I agree. I love Kathleen's voice.

[Trionatrog]

Anytime I hear Kathleen's beautiful voice and songs I feel like I'm right back on South Uist, in the middle of the magical week I spent there.

[meluzyna55]

very interesting

[angusmacgorfy]

I found a different translation starts the same but is really a song about how pretty Anna the daughter of Neil is, Neil was an Irish King who had several sons who eventually inherited his lands in Ireland as well as being the first of the Dalriadic Scots the progenitors of some of the first Highland Clans, one in particular being the Clan Mackay (The Children of Fire) Brattach Bhan Clahn Aiodh! this is one of my favorite songs my kids love it as well, God Bless

[bookkeeper57]

Scottish: Kathleen Mac Innes, Mary Ann Kennedy and Rona Lightfoot. So is this

walking song. Irish: Liam O'Maonlai and

Padraigín Ní Uallacháin. You have the same mix among the musicians.

[yapkat]

is that Liam O'Maonlai of the Hothouse Flowers backing her (singing that is)

[heimskur]

Yapkat, Indeed it is Liam O Maonlaí.

[heimskur]

nightmare, it's available on iain macdonald's "the first harvest."

[WelcometoNightmare]

Anybody know where I can buy this song?

[fanfirren]

brilliant , to sing this song together can be beautiful

[Munchhurdle]

This is just dynamite - I just love her voice - That girl is just sex on legs!

[flyfifer51]

Wonderful waulking song Kathleen. A Celtic version of Music while you work?

[Worldspining]

heh as a matter of getting back in shape I started walking to work everyday .. thats 6.3 km up and the same down..

Strange thing though .. the longer I march ( yes I march ) the higher my hands go ... :S at 3/4 of the trip I look like the freeking brit army

[Worldspining]

ist the middle singer of the background vocals one of the Holohan sisters ?

[deirjon]

No, it´s Padraigín Ní Uallacháin, who´s also Irish.

[Gillhoolee]

This Cape Bretoner says: "ATABOY Mac, Give'er!!!"

[nellnic08]

Go halainn ar fad! Any one one have any idea what the song is about?

[fisherbight]

Well, it's a waulking song so traditionally sung by women and here are the lyrics for the 1st stanza in English:

She's my love

Love for Anna, daughter of Neil

I am heavy with child

But no ordinary lad is my child

But by the dark-haired hero

Son of the Laird of the ships

With whom warriors would rise

Leave it to you to figure out what this means...

[ljbabysprite]

My grandmum used to rock me to sleep singing Skye waulking (working) songs, like this one.^..^~

[lukesey]

There must be something Celtic in us Czechs... What a cute song and what a gerat feeling though.

[hoagiesandi]

remind me of shkin long go on back o too wheel spinner bottom o whites hill in cork city stood up wi rains in er hand ready to give horse quick slap if he needed it, she hadrake o chavvies wi her an the red hair flyin behint her, this lady always brings back the good memories------kilby-----

[Claire7Xx]

I'm So Proud Of You Auntie Kath...!:D:D

[Ronaldokm77]

Beautiful interpretation of Miss Kath MacInnes!

Tom, was possible because of you I know the show Highland Sessions, thanks for the videos!

Ronaldo from Brazil

[hoagiesandi]

Kilby the gypsy would like to say as he dont unterstant what these people are singin but i dont need to, this song is sumthin like from tia na noag an is magical, is byootifull an i cant help meself comin back to it, thank you once again for this, can i buy this song from ya, on a cd / thanks again my frient ----kilby----

[lorgain2]

What a lot of hooey, listen to the song and enjoy, how Irish am I or Scottish or Gaelic, does it bloody matter, listen and Bi do thost.

[ljbabysprite]

"Bi do thost" "The guards are outside. Be quiet" (LOL) :-D

[suibhnebuile]

So the Erse aren't Gaels? :P

[thepiper84]

That's why i'm proud to be scottish.

[VGibs]

I love the comments on this song...I preformed it recently and the intro went something like this..

"This is a song that has become the topic of some debate recently on YouTube. The orgins of the language and the "waulking-ness" of the song have been discussed in length. THANK GOD FOR YOUTUBE" and then we busted out into a rendition...So thank you all!

[fisherbight]

All Gaels are Scots but not all Scots are Gaels so technically this is a gaelic not scottish waulking song.

[steaphris]

All Dundonians are Scots, but not all Scots are Dundonians. So does that mean that anything from Dundee is technically not Scottish? Amadan.

[georges3601]

All French are European, but not all Europeans are French. Therefore, the Musette waltz is best understood as 'European,' and not French.

Similarly, Paris and Versailles, along with all of France,

is not French.

And Scotland isn't Scottish. And Europe is 'terrestrial,' not European.

What I find most funny is how those French strut about, thinking that they're French when they're really not.

[Donaldm28]

Ok The French are French the dundodians Scottish and Gael means gaidhlig people, so the people who are gaidhlig speakers from Ireland to Cornwall are Gaels, and in a more immediate sense the Gaels of Scotland are Scottish. If they choose to be.

[georges3601]

That's a mouthful :P

Your original comment is basically a syllogism; Dundonians are Scottish, and Scots are Gaels. Therefore, Dundonians are Gaels.

But they're also Scottish.

[Donaldm28]

This is not a Mathematical problem, the Word Gael Means Gaidhlig people, so people with no gealic or no realistic cultural connection cannot be called Gaels. I recognise that people can have many identifiers, I am Irish Scottish Geal edinburger green eye under 18.... and so on. I could Id myself as many Names, but because I am Scottish does not mean I can claim to be any other subgroup of scotland that also claims to be Scottish -i do not consider Gaels to be a Scottish group, more Celtic.

[georges3601]

lol I'm just playing with you. Who seriously explores the logical connotations of youtube comments, I ask you?

I perfectly understand what you're trying to say. For instance, my parents are Scottish-born Jews (though I am Canadian-born), both of them descendants of Spaniards who, via North Africa (where they must have stayed until the British let the Jews resettle), fled the inquisition.

My family is Scottish, but not Gaidhlig.

[Seamus616]

"Gaeldom" originated in Ireland, and spread to Scotland. Scottish Gaelic came from Old Irish. It also spread to Isle of Man.

[Donaldm28]

Equally Irish gealic sprouted from old Irish -a different language- lol

[Seamus616]

Gaelic culture was spread to Western Britain from Ulster/Leinster by Irish raiders.

[bookkeeper57]

Scottish walking song.

[hoagiesandi]

dont understant words but think this song is so moving an get great buzz from it. Have sent to many gypsy frients an they all love it too. Thank you for share this music with us.

[lorgain2]

What a great war dance for the Sioux, Crazy Horse would adopted this tune, I love it.

[skatebop]

nice camera work

[Antaghan]

Oh, is a bheil fios aig duine sam bith an urainn a dh'fhaighinn air CD? Chan eil e a' nochdadh iar iTunes, is chan urrainn dhomh cail a lorg air an eadar-lin.

[BuachaillBeo]

léigh mé ar fhíseán eile nach bhfuil CD le fáil in aon chor :(... c'mere though - an raibh mé ábalta Gàidlig a léamh!? go hiontach! (nó 'gu' hiontach)

[Antaghan]

Abair orain, ach carson a tha thu a'clachdadh tiotalan Beurla? Is seo cearr, caran gorach, is a dheanamh duilich na h-orain a lorg, nach eil.

[jkosmdd]

TomT,

What is that stringed instrument the man is hitting with the sticks?

PS—I love, love this performance! Thanks!

[Alexmcgruer3]

I think it's a hammer dulcimer.

[jkosmdd]

Thanks. It's perfect with this song.

[JSCWhistler]

Actually, it looks to me like a form of the Japanese koto, but I could very well be wrong.

[ilexxian]

"Highland Sessions" gives a clue -- it's probably Scots gaelic, though I can't tell one gaelic from another.

[JSCWhistler]

What? No... The stringed instrument being played at the beginning of the clip. I'm pretty sure it's a koto.

[ilexxian]

I was talking about the language. Are you saying that it's Japanese?

[JSCWhistler]

Yes, I know you were talking about the language, and I know that it's Gaelic, Scots or Irish I'm not sure. I was talking about the large hammered string instrument being played at the beginning of the clip, and have been the whole time. I said I thought it was a koto in response to "Alexmcgruer3"'s comment saying it was a hammered dulcimer. I could be wrong about what it is, though... Perhaps a Japanese musician, or ITM musician living in Japan could confirm what this instrument is?

[ilexxian]

Sorry about the confusion. I hadn't read all the earlier comments.

[georges3601]

It's a hammered dulcimer. They're used very commonly in Celtic music.

It's not a koto.

And the language, just for the record, is 'gaidhlig,' which is the cool way to spell 'Scots Gaelic.' :p

[JSCWhistler]

I know what a hammered dulcimer is, and yes, they are used very commonly in Celtic music, although not nearly enough ;)

It's just that it looks like one... Perhaps it's a koto played like a dulcimer? Kind of like people will often play a bodhran like some other drum, or are hammered dulcimers made this big? I would think not, but I've been wrong before....

[georges3601]

It looks odd because it isn't trapezoidal like most hammered dulcimers, but you can tell it isn't a Koto because, instead of having large bridges that span the entire instrument, kotos are constructed with small bridges for each individual string, and they are often scattered across the instrument in a diagonal line.

The dulcimer also just looks celtic; there's no apparent influence of Japanese design on that thing.

[JSCWhistler]

Actually, it just looked odd to me because of its size, but thanks for clarifying what it is.

[bb3ca201]

It certainly is Scottish Gaelic...good guess!

[ilexxian]

I've been listening to a lot of these related mvids. I love the sound of the language -- and of the Welsh that one hears in northwestern Wales.

[Bowietastic]

She's not facing Liam as he would be too distracting! I know he would distract me! This is lovely Julie Fowlis does a nice version of this aswell.

[BuachaillBeo]

táim i ngrá leis an n-amhrán seo!

[bb3ca201]

As am I, Buachaill Beo. (As much as I love the song, I would probably be more in love with the girl the song is about :-)

[VGibs]

If anyone knows where I can get the lyrics to this song or if anyone can maybe write them out who speaks gaelic I would really really appreciate it. This is the song we have chosen to perform at our wedding and having the lyrics would be super helpful!!!!!

[aodh78]

Gaol ise gaol I (she's my love)

Gaol air Anna ni'n Nill (love for Anna, Neil's daughter)

Mi torrach mi trom (I am heavey with child)

Chan ann le balach mo throm (No ordinary lad is my child)

Ach leis an lasgaire dhonn (by the dark haired hero)

Mac fir Bhaile nan Long (Son of the Laird of the ships)

Leis an eireadh na suinn (With whom warriors would rise)

[aodh78]

Mi dualach mi donn (my hair, curly and brown)

Mi gu biorshuileach binn ( keen my eyes, sweet my voice)

Mi ma smeorach an craoibh ( the thrush on a tree)

Mi mar chuthaig an coil' ( the cuckoo in the wood)

Mi cuimir 's mi cruinn (I am bonny, I am plump)

Gaol ise Gaol I (she's my love)

Gaol air Anna ni'n Nill (love for Anna, Neil's daughter)

[georges3601]

thank you for posting the lyrics!

They're a bit confusing, aren't they?

Sometimes the singer is in love with the girl, sometimes s/he is the girl.

Wonderful song, though. Alba gu bragh!

[pigeatinginfidel]

Wow. I am trying to figure out how these words match with what they are singing. I don't get it at all.

I've been able to pick out some lines but wow, what a difficult language. There is a chorus verse after each line. Not sure what they are saying though. Something eta who uh who uh, Ho dididee-o oho he oh he oh. Does that mean anything??

[aodh78]

Eo hoa o hao o, hao ri ri o hu o, ro ho i o hi o

The chorus is nothing other than sounds, meaningless sounds. Some work songs do however have one or two words in the chorus that do have meaning, but tend not to relate to any of the other words in the chorus.

[bb3ca201]

It's not really difficult, P.E.I -- it just has sounds that we may not be used to. The writing does take a little getting used to, but it does sink in eventually.

And adding to aodh78's comment:

These 'meaningless' sounds are called vocables, and it almost gives an easy chorus that the rest of the group can sing along to while the main singer focuses on the textual lines of the song.

[tinyviking]

does any one know where i can get the lyrics for this song, in gaelic, and in english to if its avalbel? Thanks!

[aodh78]

If only the Mod was a bit more like this?Thank you tomscotland for all thses wonderful vids. Gu ma fada beo sibh is ceo as ur taigh, Moran Taing a Thomas.

[thepiper001]

whats that mean?.........

god i wish i could speak gaelic

[aodh78]

its mostly along the same lines as 'lang may your lum reek' if that helps?

[thepiper001]

thanks

[AnamCeilteach]

'S toil leam Kathleen MacInnes, agus seinn mi òrain-luaidhidh cuideachd fhèin - ach mise gille - so you see today one don't necessarily nead to be a woman waulking tweed... :-D But she sings beautifully - like a singing bird but after a wee drof o uisge beatha - smokey voice, ah I love it!

[adrianallan]

fabulous performance. you might like to check out my video on Islay.

[lorgain2]

Tom you are right Kathleen`s husky voice is perfect for this song.

[yvonnemurray]

Absolutely fantastic - I love this one!

[tomtscotland]

I thought your name was familiar - I checked out your "South Uist" video when I uploaded mine. Pictures were fantastic 5 stars and added to favourites.

[tomtscotland]

This is one of several "waulking" songs to grace the Highland Sessions.

These are generally call and response songs used as a rhythmic co-ordination which groups of women would sing as they pounded the tweed cloth using their feed and hands against a "waulking board". This finishing process was applied to cloth soaked in stale urine and water.

[tomtscotland]

Surprisingly, first actual performance from Kathleen on YouTube.

Her slightly earthy voice is ideally suited to this kind of music.