Puirt a Beul (mouth music) - Karen Matheson with Donald Shaw

Karen Matheson: vocals
Donald Shaw - Piano
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Tim O'Brien - guitar
Aly Bain - fiddle
Ronan Browne - uilleann pipes

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Music

Tags:

• Puirt
• Beul
• Karen
• Matheson
• Donald
• Shaw
• Jerry
• Douglas
• dobro
• Aly
• Bain
• Ronan
• Browne
• uilleann
• pipes
• scotland
• ireland
• folk
• tim
• o'brien

[REBrandenburg]

tomtscotland! That's Tim O'Brian beside Douglass... Hello...

[tomtscotland]

Oh Dear! ...missed him off the credits...will fix ...Thanks !

[mamajw2]

tomtscotland, could you tell me which puirt a beul "songs" that this recording includes?

[tomtscotland]

From title at start of video -

BHI A DA / 'S IOMA RUD A CHUNNA MI / Cha Téid Fionnlagh A dh'Eige / CAIRISTION NIGHEAN EOGHAINN

The one containing lower case is wrong on video title. I found hits in Google for each individual song :]

[aodh78]

Now that's not entirely true. If you listen to this set you'll find there is a girl who hasn't enough space on the dance floor, kittens on the son of the soldiers perch, Finlay is coming from Eigg, and they are playing the pipes and dancing because Ewan's daughter Cairistiona was almost lost,(how is never explained) That's an average day in a Hebridean township. Lol.

[ally21uist]

Actually... Gaelic is A Great Language and Is Unique!! Don't Diss the Language!! Tha e Sgoinneil!!! :)

[sonnenstrahl573]

This is the most fun video on youtube. Seriously.

[NorthLimitation]

Anyone have any idea what the tune between Cha Téid Fionnlagh A dh'Eige and Cairistiona Nighean Eoghainn is?

[aodh78]

@NorthLimitation You are indeed right, maybe Finlay is too busy spreading the manure? That would clear the floor in on time.

[seonidh]

@SPAREPARTSCENTRE its sad that the British government tried so much to divide the gael in scotland and ireland be it through politics, religion, loyalty and opression. Even the famines of Ireland and the Highland famines of the same time and Highland clearences in scotland did not destroy our cultures. In fact I would say its practically the same culture thats just slightly changed over a short time period (say 300 years) into the modern style of nationhood and celtic national symbols. ;-)

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@seonidh - A policy used in Ireland aswell - but they banned Gaeilge or Gaelic long before that here. I recently was visiting an ancient burial ground at the moons equinox very early in the morning recently and happened upon (to my surprise) an alter that was used in penal times to say mass - made me quiver (and very proud) to be of the saddened peoples (Celtic Nations) ... might sound a bit corny but I have a few drams within

[NorthLimitation]

@pupsenok

Irish is also a daughter of the Celtic language (Old Irish) - in many ways, Scottish Gaelic is closer to Old Irish than Irish itself surprisingly.

[NorthLimitation]

@aodh78

I have to disagree with you Aodh - I don't know if you've heard but from the lyrics it seems that Finlay (who's not yet married it seems) is on Eigg already and won't be leaving, but Allan's coming and he can set the floor! Old Cas Odhar is going to the play the pipes too, oh and handsome Donald, son of the bailiff from Uist, is on his way! Not all bad news it seems! However, two people seem to be in the way of the girl who's dancing, something needs to be done about that :P

[seonidh]

@SPAREPARTSCENTRE yes the fast style is from the 18th century when the British government banned musical instruments to stop rebellion and people improvised.

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

I'm Irish and have to say that I haven't seen this in Ireland - so I'm thinking that this is of recent Scottish origin (by recent i MEAN a couple of hundred years (stand to be corrected) - s usual Karen is a force of nature

[murbuzz]

this is ace. :)