Celtic Woman (Méav Ní Mhaolchatha)- Dúlamán [A New Journey]

Celtic Woman (Méav Ní Mhaolchatha)- Dúlamán [A New Journey - Live at Slane Castle, 2007] Dulaman

The vocals describe a conversation between two seaweed collectors. Dúlamán Gaelach has a beautiful daughter whom Dúlamán Maorach wishes to marry. Gaelach is not excited at the idea of having Maorach as a son-in-law, but Maorach elopes with his daughter anyway.

A 'níon mhín ó, sin anall na fir shúirí
** Oh gentle daughter, here come the wooing men
A mháithairin mhín ó, cuir na roithléan go dtí mé
** Oh gentle mother, put the wheels in motion for me Curfá: Chorus:
Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach
** Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Dúlamán na farraige, b'fhearr a bhí in Éirinn
** Seaweed from the ocean, the best in all of Ireland
Tá ceann buí óir ar an dúlamán gaelach
** There is a yellow gold head on the Gaelic seaweed
Tá dhá chluais mhaol ar an dúlamán maorach
** There are two blunt ears on the stately seaweed
Bróga breaca dubha ar an dúlamán gaelach
** The Irish seaweed has beautiful black shoes
Tá bearéad agus triús ar an dúlamán maorach
** The stately seaweed has a beret and trousers (Curfá 2x) (Chorus 2x)
Góide a thug na tíre thú? arsa an dúlamán gaelach
** "What are you doing here?" says the Irish seaweed
Ag súirí le do níon, arsa an dúlamán maorach
** "At courting with your daughter," says the stately seaweed
Rachaimid chun Niúir leis an dúlamán gaelach
** I would go to Niúir with the Irish seaweed
Ceannóimid bróga daora ar an dúlamán maorach
** "I would buy expensive shoes," said the Irish seaweed (Curfá) (Chorus)
Ó chuir mé scéala chuici, go gceannóinn cíor dí
** I spent time telling her the story that I would buy a comb for her
'Sé'n scéal a chuir sí chugam, go raibh a ceann cíortha
** The story she told back to me, that she is well-groomed (Curfá) (Chorus)
Cha bhfaigheann tú mo 'níon, arsa an dúlamán gaelach
** "Oh where are you taking my daughter?" says the Irish seaweed
Bheul, fuadóidh mé liom í, arsa an dúlamán maorach
** "Well, I'd take her with me," says the stately seaweed
Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed (Curfá) (Chorus)
Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach
** Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Dúlamán na farraige, b'fhearr a bhí, b'fhearr a bhí
** Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best
Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach
** Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Dúlamán na farraige, b'fhearr a bhí, b'fhearr a bhí
** Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best
B'fhearr a bhí in Éirinn
** The best in all of Ireland


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[MissRosieRed]

@Velusius almost 16 and still going strong, not letting myself be taken in by modern trash (how can I call that music?) :)

[medea1990]

Are you sure she's not a fairy? Seems to be...

[Fr3derick]

Cool

Grandma Mary

[MichaelGaribaldi]

Beautiful song...beautiful vocals and I love the tin whistle at the beginning!! Great job!

[Bloodwolf1]

I like how she walks back and forth while singing. She looks like a supermodel lol.

[b0dhran]

Great performance !

[b0dhran]

Great performance ! I live vicariously through the bodhran players !

[timbooktew]

I'm giving this the 300th like ! (which is really a love)

[SELFproclaimedVIRGIN]

I LOVE MEAV

[jezkn]

@lisduggan64 > of the tradition does it great credit. Its certainly not better than the 'raw original sessions' but the fact that it sounds (and looks) this good to me is a great compliment to the tradition it draws from. I realise you wont agree with this but for me it made me go back to the 'sessions' and try and educate myself a bit. I think they can coexist. But I have to say that some of C.W's stuff is as sugary/sacharinny as it comes. (It was afterall devised for the American Market!).

[jezkn]

@lisduggan64 Well I'm only away for for a week and a regular ding dong is taking place! I think the acts you describe are fantastic -and if I walked into a pub round here and discovered those I'd be over the moon. But I like this because it does so work with the orchestra (who are ridiculously dead pan -its quite amusing. And the way that pipe improvises and blends in sounds brilliant. I'm not saying it would always work like this but at the risk of arousing your Irish ire -this 'development' >