An Gille Ban (Capercaillie)

[wwwonderful]

Thanks ever so much for the upload :-)

Take good care of yourself

[eelstconfortifan]

For MarieStockolm:from Italy(Modena)thank you of heart.Beautiful video!.I love Scotland!

[globetrekker86]

@rjbuckley1271 I second that. Long live the Gaelic word!

[Islandretreat]

@rjbuckley1271, "Don't let it ever happen."

Agreed.Signs of a revival but we need it taught in all schools. No need for German, French nor Latin.

[BiNowGayLater]

@rjbuckley1271 Thanks for the add. I went to Scotland last year and made some amazing connections that I had no idea existed with my surname, discover my clan name and origins. Brilliant stuff. I'm looking forward to returning soon and seeing more of the land and my people.

[Assadan4]

Beautiful voice! Though I and understand not a word! Beautiful language!

[Culnacraig]

Thank you. Am so glad it's not just me! This track changed my life. However, as an Editor... slow the shot rate... use the more remote landscapes but keep the close-ups which work well. Do not edit on the same beat in the bar... it's not a pop video! Use slower crossfades! And never take a single camera shot in more than one direction! (I think there was only one of those!)

Please write to me. Harry.

[timetochill666]

Awesome views, great job love the music to.

[palique55]

musica que te hace volar,te enerva el alma,un placer de dioses.

[Scriptor13]

Draughn, M'Annsachd...Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh, a ghaoil, a bha, thu 'se luaidh do mholaidh ni mi gu brath.

[gotz777]

still a work of the sidhe.

iVe made a few comments over last 2- years on this tune.

excelent track, good fotos also.

where was the raven picture taken at 1 35 mins?

im double curious.

WiL

[MarieStockholm]

@gotz777 : It was taken at the Clan Donald center, in Armadale in the peninsula of Sleat, on the isle of Skye. The inscription reads «In memory of the much loved and admired air-commander Donald MacDonell CB DFC, 1913-1999, 22nd chief of Glengarry. » The raven is the central feature of the Glengarry MacDonalds' crest.

[SaorAlba10]

Tha sin glè mhath !

Mòran taing, Mar sin leibh an dràsda. :)

[PhalainaBelgium]

Beautiful ! Phalaïna

[Scotty1137]

Great job! Imovie is fun eh ; )

[MoonmothMedia]

It is fun in imovie isn't it? I always get a thrill from it...beautifully done - did you take the photos?

[MarieStockholm]

Thanks ! Yes, I took the photos myself, on the best holiday ever !

[LindsayCurran]

Beautiful! Thank you, Marie, - beautiful images!! and also animalunaris, for posting the lyrics!

[gotz777]

after a year nearly 2 i cant get the start of this tune. my angle is the whistle.

feel free to educate me as to the notes

until then i listen to the tune and absorb what i can

beautiful

W7

[davidjeffrey1]

It means "The white boy". Boy as in terms of someone who helped for example - a stalker.

[lewis1936]

The fair haired youth,I would say.

[creidsinn]

Beautiful, thank you it takes me back to ten years of living in the N.W. Highlands by the sea.

[snipers0852]

beautiful!!

[BAC1954]

Hi, Thank you jonhedge, I saw the lyrics ,ach , but the meaning in English was only for the main body, not the Name I would like to see what An Gille Ban means in English from the Gaidhlic. Thanks again , it sure is a very lovely song.

[BAC1954]

Hi, cad is bri leis ''An Gille Ban'' what 's it mean?Moran Taing.

[jonhedge]

if you go back through the comments, animalunaris has done a translation the words to the song

[gotz777]

after 2 years ish this tune is still an inspiration to learn whistles

tyvm

[locheelad2]

nice, photo's and quality, 2.54-3.05 haunting, and to a heavenly song .

[petibatyo]

Cool music!

I also loved to hear Gaellic words, albeit I didn't understand them.

[77zbyszek]

Beautiful ...very nice

[MartinaBC1963]

Lovely!

[NatDemUK]

An Gille Ban = The White Man/ Chief

[Gille87]

Cool, my name is Gilbert, but my nick name is Gille=)

[dercarsus]

Hauntingly beautiful

[BiNowGayLater]

Karen Matheson has a voice like no other... it can move me to tears in just a few notes. And this is just a gorgeous film clip - beautifully suited to the music. Thanks so much!

[camposi]

@BiNowGayLater

I agree. Caren is for me the bet singer and a beutiful woman!

[nighthawk006]

Very nice work! *****

[duinnerfs]

great video, Matheson has a great voice indeed. . .

[caledonia64]

Nothing better than listening to Gaelic music and looking at views of the western isles,in particular the Isle of Skye.

well done.

Look up Christine Primrose another great Gaelic singer.

[gleb202]

agree :)

[wendygillissen]

Wonderful job, lovely pictures to go with this lovely song!:-)

[gotz777]

anyone who wants to learn to play the whistle or low d should take this as an inspiration of what we could possible achieve

[graham1281]

I don't dpeak Gaelic, but I adore listening to Karen. She's got such a pure voice

[theLafcadio]

Beautiful music

[epohsnahpro]

lovely, absolutely lovely. thank you for all your hard work, it is greatly appreaciated by all of us.

[6firehorse6]

Beautifully done! Thank you so much for putting this video together. I really enjoy it!

animalunaris, thank you for taking the time for translating this beautiful song!

[animalunaris]

Aww shucks! I really didn't translate it myself, just copied and pasted and put them together line by line! :)

[animalunaris]

4.

Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh, a ghaoil, a bha thu

If deceiving me, oh love, thou wert

Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh as deigh do gheallaidh

If deceiving me despite thy vow

'Se luaidh do mholaidh ni mi gu brath

Yet chant thy praise I ever will

Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh, a ghaoil, a bha thu

Though deceiving me, oh love, thou wert

[nacho1560]

Thanks for that. Beautiful lyrics.

[globetrekker86]

@animalunaris Thank you so much for translating these lyrics! The Gaelic tongue is truly enchanting.

[animalunaris]

@globetrekker86 Can't take the credit for that, I just copied, pasted and collated! Thanks anyway!

[animalunaris]

3.

Thig, a ghaoil, agus duin mo shuilean

Come, oh love, and close my eyes

'S a' chiste-chaoil far nach dean mi dusgadh

In the narrow kirst where I shall never awake

Cuir a sios mi an duslach Diurach

Lay me down under earth from Jura

Oir 's ann 's an uir a ni mise tamh

In the grave alone is there rest for me

[animalunaris]

2. Righ, gur mise tha gu tursach Oh King,I am the sorrowful one Gaol an iarla 'ga mo chiurradh And the love of the Earl a-hurting me Tha na deoir a'sior-ruith o m'shuilean The tears are ever running from mine eyes 'S mo chridhe bruite le guin do ghraidh And my heart is bruised with the sting of thy love Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh, a ghaoil, a bha thu Though deceiving me, oh love, thou wert

[animalunaris]

An Gille Ban

1.

Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh, a ghaoil, a bha thu

If deceiving me, oh love, thou wert

Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh as deigh do gheallaidh

If deceiving me despite thy vow

'Se luaidh do mholaidh ni mi gu brath

Yet chant thy praise I ever will

Ma's ann 'gam mhealladh, a ghaoil, a bha thu

Though deceiving me, oh love, thou wert

[CroatiansWithGuitars]

This is my favorite song to sing in Gaelic. Evah.

~~~Maevey xo

[gotz777]

beautiful piece

and studying the gaelic lyrics is very educational too

maybe gaelic is closer to faery language than i realise.

maybe lord of the rings should be in gaelic

maybe

go easy on the vowels guys

[gotz777]

always learning

or so it should be

understanding is more important than learning

my agenda is the low d whistle in this track

its a beautiful track for sure

WLLL

[monkee2605]

ceutach

[TwilightZonesama]

Really stunning

[ctrnmorr]

' S matha a rinn thu agus an dochas gun dean thu tuilleadh.

[bikegirl07]

's math sin

tapadh leibh

[wijdus10]

Just returned from Scotland. We experienced the music from this wonderfull group during dinner in resaurant the Old School in Kinlochbervie....a moment to remember. This music keep our holiday a live! Grand!!

[chachaxoxoxo]

wow really beautiful song

[Cathye3]

Listening to Karen is like listening to an angel sing. Also makes you wish you could speak the gaelic.. sighh

[tomtscotland]

Thanks so much -you did a great job!

[graham1281]

Stunning singer

[andrewshere]

I'm watching this with a dram of 12-year Cragganmore single malt in my hand. Thank you very much for this. Reminds me of my holidays in Scotland when I was a boy. And this is great Capercaillie. Thanks again!

[RosaLichtenstein01]

Great choice of music to accompany these pictures of Scotalnd's most beautiful island!