I am 60 and live in New Zealand. When growing up my neighbors where from Scotland, had a encyclopedia in Gaelic and the Mum and Dad spoke Gaelic , they where the family 'Craig' they had the most beautiful super fluffy tortoiseshell cat called 'Whiskey' - the Dad always called me 'son' , I still remember him smoking a pipe and being a wonderful loving man.
In Scotland, people often refer to close males as "son" and close females as "hen". This can be anyone your peer or junior, friend or family, but never someone older than you. Nice to hear that Scottish quirks still show up on the other side of the world!
Séist: Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Mo shoraidh slàn leat 's gach àit' an téid thu 'S tric mi sealltainn on chnoc as àirde Dh'fheuch am faic mi fear a' bhàta An tig thu 'n-diugh na 'n tig thu màireach 'S mar tig thu idir gur truagh a ta mi Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Mo shoraidh slàn leat 's gach àit' an téid thu Tha mo chridhe-sa briste brùite 'S tric na deòir a ruith o m' shùilean An tig thu nochd na 'm bi mo dhùil riut Na 'n dùin mi 'n doras le osna thùrsaich? Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Mo shoraidh slàn leat 's gach àit' an téid thu 'S tric mi faighneachd de luchd nam bàta Am fac' iad thu na 'm bheil thu sàbhailt Ach 's ann a tha gach aon dhiubh 'g ràitinn Gur gòrach mise ma thug mi gràdh dhut Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Mo shoraidh slàn leat 's gach àit' an téid thu
English Translation: I'm often searching on the highest hilltop Trying to find the boatman Will you come tonight or tomorrow? If you don't come at all, I'll be distraught Sèist: Chorus (after each verse): Oh boatman 'sna horo eile Oh boatman 'sna horo eile Oh boatman 'sna horo eile My best wishes go with you wherever you may be My heart is broken, bruised Often tears are running down my cheeks Will you come tonight or will I wait up for you But close the door, sighing heavily? My love promised me a dress of silk He promised me that and a gray tartan A gold ring where I'd see my reflection But I'm afraid he has forgotten I will be forever tearful and dejected Like a wild swan wounded and broken Wailing its song of death on some weedy pond Left by the others, alone and abandoned
There is a good side to this story. The woman that wrote it based it on events she was actually going through. But a few months after she'd written the song, she did end up marrying her boatman.
I know what Scots people say about the Irish. If you want to hear the best story about the sun and the moon and the love of the human heart, look for a drunken Irishman laying beside the road in the dark. I've got the blather and the bluster with the blarney on top. Bay-an-uck-let, blessings on you.
@@luxfer7794! Are you familiar with authentic history? Do you pronounce "Edinburgh" as eden-burra, which means "The Eden of the North"? Do you know the history of the Jewish political refugees, who fled after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth? They came to our island and went further, calling themselves The Hebredis Islands, meaning being of Hebrew. Scots occupied the northern part of the Irish island, but when the Irish developed a warring chieftain clan system, they sold and moved to the Scottish island. You should find The General Scottish Register and The Royal Scottish Register, created by those "Christian" Jewish refugees when they arrived, to account for everyone born since. Anthropologists can describe almost 200,000 of us, but I know there's another 50,000. If you are in there you have a right of return to Scotland. john@johnwatt.ca
@@johnwattdotca i am a gael. My people landed on these shores hundreds of years before the Christian relegion even existed. I was born and bred in the now called Scotland within a proud Nicdhomhnaill family so i have no need for a right of return.
@@johnwattdotca i just clicked on the link at the end of your post and it took me to a page all about your election as a leader in Canada. Is that right or did you make a mistake in your link?
Yankee blood is blood, if SCOTS settled in your land, if they born of the SCOTS blood they will be that blood till they die(no matter whatever land we go, we will be SCOTS) live long and well. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
My family were also Jacobites. It pains me when people say we aren't Scottish. My family fought for their freedom whether someone agrees with it or not. Then forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands. I am proud to have two distinct sides to my family, one American and one Scottish. The '45 was beyond a tragedy, the least that someone could do is let the descendants of Jacobites call themselves by the nationality they love and spend every waking day learning about.
it is unbelievably hard for english speaking scots to find a gaelic class, i am just one sassenach tongue. wondering why i cant sing properly the gaelic songs. foreigners or other sassenachs seem to do better than english speakers born on scottish soil. ex pats have to teach us sometimes or scandinavians. very strange but very real. i was born in glasgow. no town i moved to after has helped with gaelic, my ancestors spoke it before moving to glasgow a hundred or more years ago. it only takes two or three generations to lose it all.
Beautiful song sad how much of our language and history was ripped away from us, respect to Ireland for keeping their culture alive, I hope Scotland can wake up and hold itself strong in this world.
Sometimes I feel bad for the Irish and the Scots, particularly the Irish as what my ancestors did to the them was horrendous, but I hope one day it is forgiven and we can realise how strong the British Isles are when they are united. A good life to you brother, or in the old Anglo-Saxon tongue "Weargbr¯æde cystig windeêow brôðor"
@@fodge5395 The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms did terrible things to their neighbours, and this sadly carried on well into the previous century. But if there's one thing I know, it's that progress can never be made whilst people still cling on to past grievances, and deliberately keep wounds open. The time of kingdoms is over, and as a Scottish person, it disappoints me when scots get on their nationalistic high-horse. I'm not motivated by religious or cultural biases, but I do know that united, the British isles forged the largest empire the world has ever seen. Unity means strength, and I can honestly say in the last 200 years Scotland has had very little to complain about as part of Britain. So I can only surmise that the SNP and their ilk are simply playing on minor complaints and nationalistic impulses to gain political power.
@@HolyMith Well all humans have done terrible things to each other, I could say just as well the Danes did terrible things to the Anglo-Saxons but it means very little in the grand scheme of it. But I agree, the SNP have a false guise of nationality but they're not real patriots and they play on it to gain fervour. Nicola Sturgeon gives me the impression she doesn't even like her own country, she just hates England more.
At first i thought it was a lullaby but i looked up the lyrics and it's about a woman waiting for her lover to return from the sea. and it doesn't seem like he will ever come back but her love for him doesn't falter..
Dell Derp that could still be a Scottish lullaby tho. Griogal Cridhe is a Scottish lullaby, and also a lament by the wife of Gregor MacGregor after he was killed. One of the lines translates to "they put your head on an oak stick a short distance from your body." It's still a lullaby.
The song was made by a girl from Tong on the island of Lewis who looks for her fisherman boyfriend who came from Uig on the Isle of Lewis. They subsequently married.
@@n1ckskelton it most certainly is. the scots have written many many wonderful songs over the centuries. hundreds upon hundreds f fiddle reel tunes too( fiddle reels being indigenous to scotland, not ireland).
Ennui Escape Yes, a nice coincidence. If I remember correctly it was on "Monster (Anime) - The Full OST" (btw thanks for uploading that soundtrack). I enjoy listening to great music.
+celroid532 This isn't really that obscure of a song. It's one of the best known gaelic songs and since they based a significant portion of the game on that culture its not surprising they discovered this.
Love you Ukrainians. Strong race, many troubles with your larger Neighbor, we Scots have problems as well we are only 5 million, the english are 60 million. But we will never give in. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
@@northscot9862 Thanks a million, bro, I appreciate your kind words. Inside us is the blood of our ancestors who above all loved FREEDOM, so we'll never agree to be slaves. Slaves are not allowed into paradise. Good luck to you!
This is my first experience to listen to a Gaelic song, and I feel this singing is simple and very beautiful without any exaggeration！Gealic language itself is also beautiful one.ーfrom Tokyo in Japan.
@@francesoregan394 our old language knows no border. We are gaels and all speak our own version of gaelic. Just like we have different. English accents. We have been gaels for 3000 years, celts for 7000. We are an old and beautiful culture that gave the civilised world art, music, science and more
@@francesoregan394This is Scottish Gaelic. The Irish version of this song is completely different. It's the difference between the Mc's or the Mac's ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kBbSP1yNJTc.html
Just a thought.....if you were a Scotttish baby in your mother's arms listening to her sing to you in Scots Gaelic like this dear lass.....you would love your country more than men could possibly understand.
@@thomaskelly5349: at the time it seemed like the better option economically (or at least, that is my impression as to the reason the independence vote didn't quite get up). Now that the English have saddled them with Brexit, not so much.
@@resourcedragon I had chalked it up to the fact that anyone with a British passport was permitted to vote rather than just the Scots. There are a lot of English up there as well as foreigners who've been given the means to vote in Scotland. I'm not there, I could easily be wrong, but that's the impression I got from a distance.
this song makes me want to go to the mountains forever, and to find in these mountains the love of my life that appears out of nowhere like a ghost and spend the rest of my life with her there
I am really in love with the Gaelic Music, though I am a Filipino, Asian, i found their music mystical and one of a kind. I want to learn their language and their music.
They say a mystical energy lies within Gaelic/Celtic languages... and when you listen to languages such as Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh and Cornish, it's no wonder why that's said. The people who speak them, the places their breath haunts... any human on Earth would feel grounded there, even if they have no ties whatsoever. Of course it was these people who bore druids, Wicca, Christian Mysticism and many other mystical ways and practices. Might they all be blest.
I am ashamed that I never had nor took the opportunity to learn Scottish Gaelic. Given that I have a lot of Scottish relatives, my late dad included, I feel robbed. Beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful song. Thanks for sharing.
@@Skyebright1 True. I heard recently that the primary school my dad went to is now teaching their students Gaelic alongside English. About time. I hope the trend continues.
Bill Dryden Yes, i agree. I have been to a lot of countries but NONE have impressed me so much as Bonny Scotland!...I love scotland and always will and i am English! I am proud of my husband and son Scottish name and history!
I know a breton version of this song : "Sleep, my dear child, down in your bed, while your father is far on the deep sea... Time has come to rest in your bed. It's a lullaby.
So we now know 47 people on this earth have literally no ears. I've grown up with Gaelic music as a huge influence and support mechanism. When I was just tiny my family lived in a tiny village (Roskill) on the Isle of Skye. They ran the guest house until they moved down to the north east. Many times I've visited Scotland but when I'm not there there is a hole in my soul that was left knowing I cannot be in Scotland. I began learning Gaelic and one day I plan to live back on the Hebrides. I hate the north east, I am an outcast, and no one believes in Scottish because I've lived with my mum my whole life and she has a very British accent I seem to have inherited. This beautiful song always brings a tear to my eye as faint memories of Skye flash through my mind, and the haunting fiddle in this is just a beautiful touch... edit: if you are listening to this on a phone, plug you're headphones into a computer instead and put the volume up. Trust me the sound is far more pure!
I climb the mountain and scan the ocean For thee, my boatman, with fond devotion When shall I see thee? today? tomorrow? Oh! do not leave me in lonely sorrow.
Saying it isn't magic and then citing -another- matter of opinion to support the statement doesn't a very solid statement make. If our culture were destroyed by the British, it wouldn't be here. Putting out a candle is meaningless if you take a flame to the wick again after. If I had to choose between the response of "This is completely normal" and "This is magic", with no middle grounds to be had, then, quite. This would be magic. o~o Bíodh lá maith agat.
@Lily Wood I’m well aware of my own peoples history, there’s no evidence of the Celts committing Ethnic Cleansing against the Picts, or the Vikings that settled in our North and West either. If you’re happy that justifies the Highland Clearances (or any of the other sins of the British Empire, such as the Opium Wars) I beg to differ.
@@minotauruskt If any of you fellas love Age of Empires 2, I did realistic maps such as one of the world where you can begin in Britain (which I exaggerated so it could be used well), and one of EVROPA where you have beautiful Ireland. I'm Spanish and I plan to learn Irish.
it's so sweet!, I Imagine mi own mother singing that song for mi and i will have yet a very good sleeping and dreaming, thank you!!! in deep. a kelt from Alsace(France) or "Gaule" It's better for mi...
I searched up this song because I sang it to my 14 and 7yr old children as a lullaby and I wanted to hear it again. I learned it from a CD I had and fell in love with it!!!
This is it spelt phonetically, the real lyrics are this: Fhir a' bhàta, 's na ho ro eile Fhir a' bhàta, 's na ho ro eile Fhir a' bhàta, 's na ho ro eile Mo shoraidh slàn leat 'S gach àit' an tèid thu. [ 1 ] 'S tric mi sealltinn o'n chnoc a's àirde, Feuch am faic mi fear a' bhàta, An tig thu an-diugh, no'n tig thu a-màireach, 'S mur tig thu idir gur truagh a tha mi. [Seist] [ 2 ] Tha mo chridhe-sa briste, brùite 'S tric na deòir a' ruith o'm shùilean. An tig thu a-nochd, no am bi mo dhùil riut, No'n dùin mi'n dorus le osna thùrsaich? [Seist] [ 3 ] 'S tric mi foighneachd de luchd nam bàta Am faic iad thu, no am bheil thu sàbhailt'? Ach 's ann a tha gach aon dhiubh 'g ràitinn Gur gòrach mise, ma thug mi gràdh dhuit. [Seist agus 'Coda'] Fhir a' bhàta, 's na ho ro eile Fhir a' bhàta, 's na ho ro eile Fhir a' bhàta, 's na ho ro eile ||: Mo shoraidh slàn leat 'S gach àit' an tèid thu. :||
My grandfather's favorite song but he sang it in Scots Gaelic and faster, probably to keep the pace milling (working woolen fabric). He died back in the 70s when I was 8, of a generation who spoke Gaelic as their first language. Their story is told in The Last stronghold by Margret Bennet.
Thanks for your note. I will look for this book. Weaving and fabric were important aspects of Gaelic life. My grandparents also spoke Gaelic and some family were involved in weaving on the Hebrides.
How beautiful are those landscapes! To say nothing about the music… Thank you for sharing this video, keep up the good work, and warm greetings from Spain.
What the heck, I just randomly search for gaelic songs, I find this, and I bawl my eyes out. This is the most beautiful thing I heard in longer than I can remember.
get her disc. I know people who duetted with her. It was a peak experience of life for them in nearly every way, as you can imagine. They are different people now. Pray she keeps musicking. we need her music. I am so happy so many are hit so hugely by her voice and this song. She has 2 discs for sale on her website and one is her solo record. Her/music is proof creation is good, and God too by extension.
Proud to be Scottish or in gaelic -alba gu bráth, learning to sing in gaelic at the moment ,love oor wee mighty country ..freedom forever and forever be free:')
So can I say I finally found, after long search, the perfect type of music for true relaxation? Because im tired of only finding 1 hour mixes of the same four chords on vulgar sounds
I FINALLY FOUND IT! I sang this song for the mod back in primary school and I long ago forgot the name but I could always remember the tune and have been looking for it for a long time :)
Anybody know where one can find more legit traditional music like this? Doesn't have to be Scottish or Irish alone, I just want to really get to know genuine tunes that weren't made for the specific goal of fame or world fashion. This sounds lovely and real, not oversynthesized, just instruments making something actually "new". And RU-vid really lacks this kind of stuff
The Almighy has looked down in His love at the sad plight of humanity in 2020. He has decided we need love, solace and comfort. This wonderful little piece is certainly one way He has succeeded in succouring us all.
This is quickly becoming my one of my two favorite versions of this song. The other is Dougie MacLean and friends instrumental version with violin filling in for vocals.
