An Mhaighdean Mhara(The Mermaid)

Yeah im Shannon and i like to sing. Nevermind the pictures, i had to put something in there these are all old pictures anyway back from the middle school days. I know i look like a damn idiot, just never you mind. It was a phase which i am long out of now. Anyway, i am a celt, i love my heritage and people, andddd this is a song all celts will know (: Enjoy.


An Mhaighdean Mhara. (The Mermaid)

The story of a man marrying a mermaid is common in the oral tradition in Ireland and Northwestern Europe. This version come from the singing of Áine Uí Laoi, Dobhair Láir, Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall, who learned it from Síle Mhicí Uí Ghallchóir. Síle called the song "Amhrán Thoraí" and knew many more verses to it. The song is a conversation between the Mermaid and her daughter, Máire. The mermaid must leave her family and return to the sea now that she has found her magic cloak (or seal skin in some versions).

Is cosúil gur mheath tú nó gur thréig tú an greann
Tá an sneachta go frasach fá bhéal na trá
Do chúl buí daite is do bhéílín sámh
Siúd chugaibh Mary Chinidh is í i ndiaidh an Éirne shnámh

A mháithrín mhilis duirt Máire bhán
Fá bhruach an chladaigh is fá bhéal na trá
Maighdean mhara mo mháithrín ard
Siúd chugaibh Mary Chinidh is í i ndiaidh an Éirne shnámh

Tá mise tuirseach agus beidh go lá
Mo Mháire bhruinneall is mo Phádraig bán
Ar bharr na dtonnta is fá bhéal na trá
Siúd chugaibh Mary Chinidh is í i ndiaidh an Éirne shnámh

Tá an oíche seo dorcha is tá an ghaoth i ndroch aird
Tá an tseisreach na seasamh is na spéarthaí go hard
Ach ar bharr na dtonnta is fá bhéal na trá
Siúd chugaibh Mary Chinidh is í i ndiaidh an Éirne shnámh

The Mermaid

It seems that you have faded away and abandoned the love of life
The snow is spread about at the mouth of the sea
Your yellow flowing hair and little gentle mouth
We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne

My dear mother, said blonde Mary
By the edge of the shore and the mouth of the sea
A mermaid is my noble mother
We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne

I am tired and will be forever
My fair Mary and my blond Patrick
On top of the waves and by the mouth of the sea
We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne

The night is dark and the wind is high
The Plough can be seen high in the sky
But on top of the waves and by the mouth of the sea
We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne

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[VestalisSophia]

wow! I found yr youtube by accident, you did the selkies proud!

[applelemonhead3345]

@VestalisSophia thank you so very much

[ItsDaniiX3]

Lol is maith liom an amhran seo .. Ta me ag breathu suas e mar bhi scrudithe mor agam agus bhi an amhran seo sa scrudithe ..:P

[applelemonhead3345]

@ItsDaniiX3 Tá sé sin go hálainn i curtha ag canadh dó ar feadh tréimhse fada mar sin shocraigh mé ach a dhéanamh físeáin

[ManxyBoy1]

tá sé go hálainn. An-mhaith! :)

[applelemonhead3345]

@ManxyBoy1 Go raibh míle maith agat sin i bhfad, mo mháthair, a úsáidtear chun é a chanadh liom nuair a bhí mé an-beag

[VestalisSophia]

wow! I found yr youtube by accident, you did the selkies proud!

[Mariad202xx]

iontach ar fad :)x