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"Róisín Dubh" - Caitlín Maude

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Uploaded by on Jan 13, 2008

The greatest Irish song sung by the incomparable Caitlín Maude (1941-1982) with lyrics.

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  • Did you get this off of an album? Amazing song

  • @craigshort123 It's from her album 'Caitlín', if you google it, you should be able to order it from a few places.

  • @UbiquitousUnicycle The 'wailing' is an integral part of the sean-nós tradition. Perhaps when you've learned a little bit more about this style of music, you might appreciate it more.

  • @GrainneMhaol I didnt have to learn anything about the style to appreciate it. It's like byzantine chant: you either love it or hate it, I think. To me, it is one of the most beautiful singing styles that exist; alongside Byzantine chant, Georgian chant, and 2-part Znamenny chant.

  • @EverythingZen14 The more I learned about sean-nós singing, the more I grew to love it. Not all of it sounds as sweet as this - some of it is nasal and 'rough' sounding, but as I learned the songs and the rules of sean-nós, I began to understand it more and gained a greater love for it. That is why I think it is wrong to dismiss it because of the so-called 'wailing'.

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  • Irish Gaelic is the most beautiful language!

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  • @IFknHateUTube Fuck off you troll, why search for a gaelic song if you dont want to listen to it

  • @GrainneMhaol Can i just say aswell that depending on the region its being sung in depends on the amount of ornamentation (Wailing). So maybe if you heard it sung in a different region you may like it. But i would certainly say to have a listen to Seán Ó Riada's version which he wrote for an irish film in '59 called "Mise Éire"

  • Just one word: Beautiful

  • Thumbed up for BEAUTIFUL CELTIC SPEAK!

  • Gan dabht, a chailín!

  • Stunning. I am smitten and tearful and homesick all at once. Thanks to GrainneMhaol for sharing this lovely woman's amazing rendition of this great song. It is art of transcendent quality and luminosity.

  • Ireland: birthplace of Jazz???

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