Irish Lullaby (Einini)

This is a popular Children's Lullaby in Ireland in which I thoroughly ws enthralled with when I first heard it. It is completely in Irish Gaelic so I will give you the English words here:
1. Little Birds, little birds, go to sleep, go to sleep,
Little birds, little birds, go to sleep, go to sleep.

Chorus:
Go to sleep, go to sleep,
Beside the wall outside, beside the wall outside,
Go to sleep, go to sleep,
Beside the wall outside, beside the wall outside

2. Blackbird and raven, go to sleep, go to sleep,
Female blackbird and crow, go to sleep, go to sleep.

3. Robin and lark, go to sleep, go to sleep,
Wren and thrush, go to sleep, go to sleep.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• irish
• lullaby
• gaelic
• einini
• bird
• sleep
• thrush
• lark
• blackbird

[MegaBrianBoru]

Go raibh maith agat

[irelandspoetess]

@MegaBrianBoru tis my pleasure :)

[thewolfhound]

@olives937

Éiníní, éiníní, codalaígí codalaígí

Éiníní, éiníní, codalaígí codalaígí

Chorus: Codalaígí, codalaígí cois an chlaí amuigh, Cois an chlaí amuigh codalaígí, codalaígí Cois an chlaí amuigh, cois an chlaí amuigh

An londubh is an fiach dubh,

téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh

an chéirseach is an préachán,

téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh

Chorus

[thewolfhound]

An spideog is an fhuiseog

téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh

an dreoilín is an smóilín,

téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh

Chorus

[dburnett1000]

My grandmother used to sing this to me when I was little. I miss her so much and you sing it beautifully.

[GlennMorganFan]

That was wonderful. Your voice is mesmerizing and the song is quite haunting and beautiful.



[wyo9ct2]

I haven't heard a lot of recordings of this. You took a totally different approach than I did to this song and I love it! your ornamentation nurturing and mystifying at the same time. Wonderful! Keep it up! :)

[LadyAnnaKasper]

Lovely! This song was featured in the Irish movie "The Secret of Roan Inish" - One of my favorite movies,.

[karllieb]

and you're a beauty to watch as well!

[Itsaboutthewaterlife]

Wow.

[thekkl]

Reminds me of when I was very young...

[FahrenheitJethro]

I love your smile at the end, it looks like your now fully in a confortable childhood's moment, and you sing so well by the way, it's beeing obvious x)

[emmie77777]

Beautiful song, and your singing is lovely! Thank you so much! :-)