Fear a' Bháta - LYRICS + Translation 

Have you got the words to that verse, can you add them here? The ten verses I know of are not that explicit although most of them are saying in one way or another that the boatman didn't keep his promises, that her friends say she is foolish to love him, that he has deserted her.

@@Cailleach26 Dr. Anne Lorne Gillies, in her book "Songs of Gaelic Scotland", has verse nine as: "Tha mo chriosan air dol an àirde, chan ann bho fhìdhleir no bho chlàrsair, ach bho stiùireadair a' bhàta - 's mur tig thu dhachaigh gur truagh mar tha mi." and translates that as: "And now my belt has risen, not because of a fiddler or a harpist, but because of the helmsman of the boat - and if you don't come home I'm in a very sorry state." and in a footnote to the verse's first line, says: "in other words, her waistline is expanding: a common euphemism for pregnancy."

@@alastairpreston3237 mòran taing. I would agree with Dr Gillie's translation and your interpretation (Are you familiar with an English language song with the lines "When I wore my apron low, You'd follow me through ice and snow, Now I wear my apron high you walk down the street and pass me by). The word for belt is "crios" (mo chrios, my belt) and I suppose criosan/mo chriosan is an emphatic form, as is "mo chroíse" , for "mo chroí" for "my heart", given in the Irish above. In Scottish Gaelic, the same expression is spelled "tha mo chridhe-sa", with the "sa" added for emphasis.

"Tha e coltach gun deach an t-òran Fear a' Bhàta a dhèanamh mu dheireadh na h-ochdamh linn deug le Sìne NicFhionnlaigh à Tong ann a' Leòdhas. Bha i a' falbh le iasgair a sgìr' Ùige, Dòmhnall MacRath. Tha e follaiseach gu robh dùil aice ri leanabh leis nuair a rinn i an t-òran: Tha mo chriosan air dhol an-aìrde Chan ann bho fhìdhleir no bho chlàrsair, Ach bho stiùireadair a' bhàta 'S mur tig thu dhachaigh, gur truagh mar tha mi. Bidh mi tuille gu tùrsach, deurach, Mar eala bhàn 's i an dèidh a reubadh; Guileag bàis aice air lochan feurach Is càch uile an dèidh a trèigsinn. A dh'aindeoin an àmhghair a tha i a' nochdadh san òran, tha e coltach gun do phòs iad goirid an dèidh dhith an t-òran a dèanamh. www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/people/sine_nicfhionnlaigh/ says "it is clear that she was expected a child when she made the song... but despite the anguish expressed in the song, it appears that they married a short while after she composed the song."

Too true!

Our ancestors will be proud that we keep such an ancient And beautiful language live long live the people in the isles

are you sure, Bolton is an English surname and Jones is a Welsh name, what connection do you have to Gaels?

@@ajrwilde14 well I'm sure there's some Irish or Scottish blood in there. U can't always find out just by name alone. ;-)

Never too late to learn. Beatha an teanga í a labhairt

Your language is as ugly as your barbarc souls. So says a GREEK!

Please teaches me 😂

@@desireesantos7641 rinne tú dearmad a rá le do thoil.

@@RamblingMan. i really Love the Irland, the language, music and people. But i am brazilian and here don't have teachers for learn irish that speak my language, have more english and Spanish teachers (and i not very well in english and I don't find it so interesting than irish language). It's sounds so lovely and soft... I really desire to learn, I fell in love, and i want to go to Irland someday, especially to Dublin and Cork City ♥️ Tá brón orm as an téacs ollmhór

@@RamblingMan. Creidim go ndúirt sí le do thoil

@@desireesantos7641 I started with Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo a year ago, I am now reading short stories in Scottish and understanding 90% of it I recommend Duolingo if you want to learn Irish

Jónína Björg Magnúsdóttir if u wanna to listen to the most perfect version of this song listen to Karen matheson sing it

For some reason I find any language with anything to do with old Norse easier than Irish

@@d0990__ That's probably got to do with Irish being in a completely different family tree branch to the Nordic languages, they're Germanic while Irish is Celtic/Goidelic. The Gaelic languages are a lot more unique than people think.

@@d0990__ True

@@strangelyunique3895 gaelic is also in the Latin family is it not?

My nephew is an incredible traditional Irish musician. He plays the Irish flute and the pipes. He was offered a full scholarship to the Boston College Irish music program in return for teaching, but he preferred traveling around the world playing traditional Irish music.

Have a listen to aileen Dunne

But if you go to 10 seconds on the video it says it's Irish Gaelic ??

@@toythief1633 yes you are correct this is a Scott Gaelic song but an Irish version

Ανατολική Ρωμαϊκή So...you could just say it’s an Gaelic/Irish song(?).

Ανατολική Ρωμαϊκή i know.You could just say Celtic song?It’s still Irish ‘cause it’s sung in Gaeilge

Every language seems daunting when you first learn it, once you start to gain traction it'll be easier just keep at it.

No, it is not hard to learn, but the interpreter knows it very badly

Where are you learning at!?

@@ox8833 I was using duolingo

I was both lucky (and stupid) because I had been learning Irish Gaeilge for about a year before I started Scots Gaelic. It was easier to pick Scots Gaelic up since I had prior knowledge of a similar language, but I'm now getting the two mixed up.

BruggleStar me too

I was going around singing 'Hiawatha' (even though it doesnt really sound like that...)

Reading comments like this has really solidified how much I love the language, because I don't hear anything close to that.

I can’t unhear it😂😭

@@kaylamccarter9823 same 😭

This is Irish not Scottish

An old Scots song. This is a lovely version, but the song was written for the Scots gaelic.

@@davidcrawford9232 I know but this isn't the Scottish version

Voice of an angel

Yes, the real life inspiration had the happy ending but in the song we are left wondering. 😀

Hi there, Im a singer from Germany and part of a band. We just started and would like to sing songs from all around the world as authentic as we can manage. I know its much to ask but could you give me the Scots Gaelic words in the refrain (we would sing the verses in english)? That´ll be so great. And if you even would be able and willing to record the words (on mobile or so) and send them to me so I can learn to properly pronounce them, I would be more then grateful. (klanglicht@gmx.de) Sorry to bother you at all, but I unfortuatly don´t know any other native speaker. Lots of hugs, Katja

Wf Coaker 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

@@KatjaBosies I know your comment is from several months ago but I thought this might help you out. lyricstranslate.com/en/fear-bhata-boatman.html The link goes to an English translation but you can look at the original Scottish lyrics as well.

Thank you, Bridgette, that helps a lot 💜

@@KatjaBosies Anytime 😊

it was the Irish Gaels who brang Gaeilge Gaelic to Scotland and Isle of man all Irish speakers understand there ancestors tongue and the forigne lands the Gallant Irish Gaels left there language.. we called sé Albain Scotland was called picland and pics 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I’m so jealous of ppl who can speak Gaelic. I’m American but I’m Scottish and Irish and only speak English. It sucks that I don’t know anything about the culture of my ancestors.

Si te ha gustado escucha la versión de Capercaille, quizás te guste más 😉

Where are you studying gaeilge?

I fell in love with the Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners. Then I moved to Dublin and discovered The Chieftains, Sean O’Riada, Planxty, Clannad, he Bothy Band DeDannan. The 70’s were a great time for Irish music.

if you Played "The Witcher 3: wild hunt" you might know this song as "the fields of ard skellige" it plays when you Explore the skellige Islands.

😂

XD XD

I have been trying to learn Gaelic since I found out I was half Irish get closer to my roots what’s the best way to learn Gaeilge?

@@bethannieclark8693 what suits you best - try everything! i for one learn best by reading and listening first, aswell as studying orthography/grammar. you may learn quicker through writing, speak. you never know.

i,m a mother-f-cking fish. like many irish sangs...this ones also scottish.

Sure, added to my to-do list. It's a beautiful song :)

+M. Máire Ní Shúilleabháin Is it possible for a translation of Tír na nÓg by Celtic Woman? I've been learning Gaeilge, but I'm not advanced enough to understand some of the lyrics. I know that Tír na nÓg means Land of Youth and is a reference to the Otherworld and is also a legend, but I don't understand most of the other chorus lyrics.

@@s.k.b2118 I wouldn't know where to start, I'm sorry! In fact apart from the words 'Tír na nÓg' there is no Irish in the lyrics! It's probably a phonetic transcription of Quenya or Sindarin (or whatever language Oonagh usually sings in!)

Darja Rundqvis

@@s.k.b2118 There is a translation here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hNEAC0ZXmd8.html

Just a reminder that Irish is phonetic - more phonetic than English. It appears non-phonetic from someone who is not an Irish speaker but the combination of consonants are perfectly phonetic and follow rules, that aren’t so clear in English. It depends entirely on your language of reference. Ádh mór

@@user-ky6vw5up9m it is a cognate, not a loanword

'Water' is 'uisce' as well, for the curious. Trying to learn Irish Gaelic is an ongoing hobby of mine.

@@the13inquisitor59 Same. About the hobby, I mean.

Yes

Fear = man possibly related to the Latin word vir = man

You wrote tuirsearch completely wrong.

tuirseach, it means tired

There are 4 dialects in Irish. I am not familiar with them all either. I began Irish with Ulster Irish also.

I would say this is more Connacht than Ulster, but given it lacks a few features of Connacht Irish, I would say it's specific to a county such as Mayo, Leitrim or Roscommon. Definitely not as strong as Galway or Donegal Irish

Trust me, I've found that 'little man' more times than you could count...

Thats because the fields of ard skellig was based off of this song (scots gaelic version).

DaBezz yes

I can jump in here. The s0ne was written by a poet local to my island, the Isle of Lewis, Western Scotland. Sine was a local poet, I believe there are a few of her songs still know, but this one is the most famous by far. This a beautiful Irish rendition of the Song which was originally written in Scottish Gaelic.

@@dollagm Thank you!

It's not that different. It's just the dialect. I watch Alba TV quite a lot and don't have a problem understanding it. Now Scots English lol that's a different story.

Níl sé chomh difriúil sin i gcomparáid leis an difríocht idir an Bhreatnais agus an Bhriotáinis.

Gianb The original song is in scots gaelic,but this rendition is in irish gaelic obviously the pronounciation and indeed many of the words are different

Capercaillie have a version in Scottish Gaelic

It's Scottish

But it seems a little Irish

@@user-gd1un6tk8n No it' a Scottish song but in an Irish Gaelic dialect :)

If you feel that you've written something really foolish you can go to the 3 dots at the side of your comment (you need to hover your mouse pointer over them) and select the delete option. That can result in other people's replies hanging around, looking somewhat cryptic!

@@user-gd1un6tk8n - The song is originally scottish, but this isn't scottish gaelic. One of the easiest ways to tell when listening to this particular song is whether or not the person pronounces the "F" in Fear (or Fhir). In Scots gaelic, the "F" is silent so it will sound like "eer a va ta", but in Irish (I presume) it is not because I often hear the "F" pronounced... along with a bunch of other pronounciations which are different. In the western isles (I'm from the same place that the original writer is from), we have a very particular dialect of gaelic because there is a lot of norse and pictish influence as well as Irish, and our language by todays standard is very traditional as it hasn't really changed over the centuries. When gaelic was banned in Britain, our dialect was the only one to survive, and today is known as "scots gaelic", though way back in the day scots gaelic would have likely been identical to what is Ulster gaelic today - but that didn't really survive in Britain perhaps for a very small few in the inner hebrides near northern ireland. I'm not 100% sure what dialect they currently speak in that area, but I do know that the outer hebrides version of gaelic is the official scots gaelic today.

@@user-ky6vw5up9m Paddie Bell is a woman ;)

I really love Paddie Bell's version.

Cool pfp bro