Puirt a beul, Scottish Mouth Music, Quadriga Consort, Elisabeth Kaplan, Laurenz Schiffermüller

[CalebNihira]

You didn't have to CUSS!

[tdbsnr]

Interesting, but to my ignorant sasanach ears it does sound like she's swearing like a trooper!!

[Thrawn6211]

@tdbsnr Yeah, when she says "Bhogainn" it sounds like "f***ing", I think it's pronounce "poh-king" or something to the effect. Either way, I want to learn this song.

[ArchieMoore]

@Thrawn6211 fucking this and fucking this and fucking this now..

[Saskatchewan00]

@Thrawn6211 And at some point (near the start) it sounds like she's saying "Fenian bastards".

[HopeWithPandora]

I'm impressed!!

Thanks... I'll try to learn this!

[linedanccelts]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wfisheredu]

I'd LOVE to see a translation of this. It's amazing!

[alexledo]

@wfisheredu just look below! The translation is attached anyway...

[eltoolio]

The dude on the bodhran is a beast!

[isrealjason]

I think this proves once and for all that evilution is not true or correct

[anndra2]

She is not swearing! ;-) 'Siud mar chaidh an cal a dholaidh....is what she is saying which loosely means "There is how the cabbage went rotten". The word 'Siud just has a rather unfortunate pronunciation when an English speaker hears it. ;-) ;-) When I perform this tune, I change the pronunciation to that of a different dialect I've heard in Cape Breton to pronounce it more like "shoot". lol

She does a very good job of it. Rinn sibh math! :-)

[MyMoppet52]

This music is wonderful! I love the 'mouth music'. I don't know if she's swearing, but it sounds lovely. I have to find The Highland Sessions and the DVD this is on. It is sheer delight. Thank you so much for posting!

[RC93PIOB]

@huntmatuk AMERICAN TACT, I presume ?

[huntmatuk]

@RC93PIOB I'm english. I was being silly.

[CocoSmartie]

@huntmatuk We were shown this in class at school and everyone was laughing :P

[LeonaTsumeDonatello]

Uhh...What? O_e

[Londubh1]

Gle-mhaith ! Dia leat, ta se sin go h-iontach !

[bassoon1784]

Glè mhath! Tapadh leat.

[xenoblader]

That was really cool. :P

[jamesS0289]

This is mesmerising!! :D

[kerranz]

Just realized this is probably the basis for the song Frodo dances to at Bilbo's party in the Shire in Fellowship of the Ring, very similar to the first part of this.

[jbjaguar]

@kerranz

This is based on a generic Celtic jig, all medieval British music sounded like this.

[jbjaguar]

@tunnagbheag

I know that, I was speaking generically myself; I just wanted to explain that the reason this sounded like the song in LOTR is that it was based on such tunes as this, which, varied as they can be, are all of a similar style to the unfamiliar ear. Although I beg to differ in your second point, in that broadly speaking, this is pretty typical piece of secular music for Celtic areas of early medieval Britain. And no, she isn't a Gael, she's South African in fact.

[deenie1219]

God, she is so beautiful, perky, and talented.

[EileenIsOnCaffeine]

this is aweshum

[bb3ca201]

Very well done!  Gle mhath dhut!

[Seelenstriptease]

Incredible!

I often heard Scottish Mouth Music but this beats all! :)

[LousyPiper]

@Seelenstriptease

The bodhran is too loud - the voice is great