Julie Fowlis - Blackbird (Lon-dubh)
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Amazing... I love this song sung by this woman!!!
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mmmm. i feel like a creature, with words that can't explain my thanks to the creator
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wonderful
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SUAS LEIS A' GHAIDHLIG! :)
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Wow. Julie is truly incredible. I learned the song as a guitar solo a few years back, and have always thought it was one of the most touching songs I'd heard. Hearing it in Gaelic takes it a hundred times further into my weeping heart. @pduffy 1943, thank you for putting up a version of Gaelic. I am going to try to learn it. I don't know Gaelic, shame on me, but I can copy it if I can hear and see the phrases at the same time. Terrible accent, but Utahms wont know! wow.
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Yes, Julie sings it so beautifully. Here's a version I wrote in Irish. Hope you like it. LON DUBH Lon dubh a’ seinm i gciúin na hoích’ Tóg do sciatháin bhriste is éirigh suas Fad do shaoil Tá tú a’ feitheamh leis an uair go mbeifeá saor Lon dubh a’ seinm i gciúin na hoích’ Tóg na súile dubh’ is breathnaigh síos Fad do shaoil Tá tú a’ feitheamh leis an uair go mbeifeá saor Lon dubh scaoil, lon dubh scaoil Isteach i solas dubh na hoích’
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@dogekko you should try learning it! :) I speak it fluently and I think of it as a fantastic gift to know more than one language, especially one that is as beautiful as Gaelic. And being from the Highlands, being able to say I speak Gaelic makes me so proud to be Scottish :)
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Beautiful lady, beautiful voice, beautiful language and a beautiful re-imagining of this song.
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I love this! The language and her voice are both beautiful.:D
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can someone give me the lyrics of this song? In Gaelic, I mean.
you can always learn.
Its a magical language
dechetsdailybs 3 years ago 13
i agree
Blatch643 3 years ago 6