Irish Song - Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair

Classic Irish song about Gweedore and the glens that surround the area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleannt%C3%A1in_Ghlas%27_Ghaoth_Dobhair

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It is being performed by Altan.
Written by Francie Mooney.

Céad slán ag sléibhte maorga chondae Dhún na nGall
Agus dhá chéad slán ag an Earagal ard, ina stua os cionn caor 's call
Nuair a ghluais mise thart le loch Dhún Lúich, go ciúin sa ghleann ina luí
I mo dhiaidh bhí Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair, is beag nár bhris mo chroí.

Ag taisteal domh amach fríd chnoic Ghleann Domhain, 's an Mhucais ar mo chúl
Ní miste domh 'rá le brón 's le crá, ghur fhreasach a shil mise súil
Go 'Meiriceá siar, a bhí mo thriall, i bhfad thar an fharraige mhór
D'fhág mé slán ar feadh seal ag Dún na nGall, 's ag Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair.

Níorbh é mo mhiansa imeacht ariamh ó mo thír bheag dhílis féin
Ach trom lámh Gall, le cluain 's le feall, a thiomáin mé i gcéin
B'é rún mo chroí'se pilleadh arís, nuair a dhéanfainn beagán stór
'S deireadh mo shaoil a chaitheamh le'm ghaoil, fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair.

Slán, slán go fóill a Dhún na nGall, a chondae shéimh gan smál
'S do d'fheara breá in am an ghá, nár umhlaigh riamh roimh Ghall
Tá áit i mo chroí do gach fear a gach mnaoi, 's gach páiste beag agus mór
Atá beo go buan, gan bhuairt gan ghruaim, fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair.

English translation:

Farewell to the noble mountains of Donegal
And twice farewell to tall Erigal, arching over rowen and ash tree
When I passed by Dunlewey Lake, lying quietly in the glen
Behind me were the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair, and it nearly broke my heart

Traveling through Glendowan's Hills, and Muckish behind me
I don't mind saying with sorrow and grief, that tears fell from my eyes
Westward to America was my journey, far across the wide sea
I said farewell for a while to Donegal, and the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair

I never wanted to leave my own beloved land
But the foreigner's heavy handed deceipt and treachery drove me away
It would be my heart's desire to return again, when I should get a little money
To spend the end of my life with my family, 'round the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair

Yet farewell, farewell to Donegal County fine and fair
And to your brave men who in time of need, did not ever cower before the foreigner
There's a place in my heart for each man and woman, each child big and small
Who live in peace, without sorrow or grief, in the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair

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[LuziferSt]

i love ireland ... i from germany.. im in my soul irish... 

[spartox3000]

I am welsh.... I love everything to do with the Irish... i love their music, accent and their landscapes its beautiful.....

[ebastianlar718s]

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[Dezmau]

What a beautiful voice..! I love the ddgeridoo addition in the music...gives it that 'something'..! Irish diaspora in South Africa!

[colum2011]

Austro- Irish prisoners brought back a ddgeridoo to make our music even better!

[jbingfaII]

@boemerangpaperclip Name Your Planet to go to

[bumchumgum]

@Roflosic I am sorry but does that mean only people from Italy can use a piano or that a guitar can only be used in spain. Yes, that's what I thought so shush! My mother and grandmother are from Ghaoth Dobhair (Gweedore) and I was sung that song as a baby, so I am sure they didn't use didgeridoo's back then, probably just wanted to jazz the song up! However, I think it sounds better with nothing else but a voice!

[199gSauerkraut]

@boemerangpaperclip

I totally agree as kraut !!!

[stirrednotshaken04]

@Roflosic that's what i thought. I was just wondering what it was doing in this irish folk song.

[SheRriiBlueBeRrii]

I love it! Amazing music... ^_^

Faving it! :D

[Roflosic]

@stirrednotshaken04

Correct me if I am speaking nonsense, but isn't didgeridoo an instrument of the Aborigines? That is an instrument of native Australians.