Julie Fowlis - 'Ille Dhuinn, 's Toigh Leam Thu

My favorite song by Julie Fowlis

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Ille Dhuinn, 'S Toigh Leam Thu

English lyric:

Brown-haired lad, Im fond of you,
Im really fond of you, boy;
If youre fond of me, Im fond of you-
Ive loved you since I was young.

I set off as usual
to look for the sheep
but scant attention gave I to them,
knowing my beloved was in the strait.

When I climbed Criongrabhal,
my spirits were low
the ship, with well-trimmed sails,
was out near Saighdeanais.

My parents say that
my foolishness is a source of shame to them
that I could attract a better man than you,
an owner of ships and galleys.

Though I could have a better man than you,
an owner of ships and galleys,
I would much prefer the brown-haired lad
though he hadnt a penny in the world.

Though I promised you Id follow you
and part company from my people,
nothing in the world
could induce me to go to Harris.

I wouldnt survive long if married to you,
while pining for MacDonald.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Julie
• Fowlis
• scot
• traditonal
• folk
• song

[bb3ca201]

Sometimes, when I'm a little wound-up from the day's events, I put this song on -- I have her CD -- and imagine that I'm the "gille donn" she's singing to...(and yes, my hair IS that colour!

Hey, it works...

[Evelina312]

beautiful

[UkuleleDave123]

@777azathoth Ah hawp ye dinnae mynd me asking wi' some stuff ah git mixter maxter wi'. Ah mean, it'll hulp me alot mair. She sure does huv a beaut o' a voice! A've git a bunch o' songs o' her, Alang wi' Jenna Reid, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh 'n' SOOOOO muckle mair! Ah LLOOOVVEEEE FOLK reels `n strathspeys! SOOOO bonny! A've git thaim oan mah iPod :D :D Listening tae her, 'n' others. Mak's me "EVEN" mair prouder tae be Scots!

[UkuleleDave123]

@777azathoth Ah dae apologise fur th' footer about. Tis bin real hard tae check a' notifications. Ah dae mah best 'n' respond tae whit ah kin, as a'm aye stowed wi' wirk, mukkers. Plus ah recently gaed awa' wi' a mukker fur th' day, 'n' stayed at a motel lest nicht. 'twas "ALOTTA" fin :D :D

Ah git mixter maxter by "luv yer werdin lad" ah cannae speak it fluent, juist some pure. Ah ken that a'm daein' weel, bit ah aye git mixter maxter wi' some everynow 'n' then.

[777azathoth]

@UkuleleDave123 luv yer werdin lad ! she do hav a bute of a voice eh? keep an ear to her,she reely can sing!

[sunkmanitutanka1]

ich verstehe die sprache nicht, aber schöne mucke

[UkuleleDave123]

Proud tae be a Scotsman. Staun by mah pride, frae th' day ah wis born 'til th' day ah die! a' o' Julie's songs inspire me. She is an AMAZING Singer, 'n' seems lik' a barry body :D

[twilightguRL1oo5]

@calaboom listening to this music makes me wish i was scottish, but in the end i'm okay with being a European mutt, which does include scottish, which is good enough for me :)

[21stcenturyphantom]

@DPETTI88 Don't worry about it, your English is better than my German! ^^

[DPETTI88]

@21stcenturyphantom yeah... I'm absolutely german... My english is absolutely not divinely... ^^°°° Hope I didn't do it wrong again^^°°°

[21stcenturyphantom]

@DPETTI88 you say 'absolutely divine', not 'divinely'. :)

[DPETTI88]

absolutely divinely *.*