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“Dúlamán na Binne Buí” / “”Dúlamán”
This is transcribed from Altan’s arrangement on their album "Island Angel", track 7, "Dúlamán". However, their fermata hold on the final Ds is longer than I’ve given here, and some would take it shorter. Here’s Altan’s hold on the D, for both parts, verse and chorus ~
~ D2- | D8- | D4 || & ~ D2- | D8- | D4 |]
And a shorter way with it ~
~ D2- | D4 || & ~ D2- | D4 |]
Altan’s “Dúlamán” ~ Cambridge Folk Festival 2003 ~ on YouTube
“Dúlamán” ~ lyrics
A ‘níon mhín ó, sin anall na fir shúirí
A mháithair mhín ó, cuir na roithléan go dtí mé
CHORUS:
Dúlamán na binne buí, dúlamán Gaelach
Dúlamán na farraige, ‘s é b’fhearr a bhí in Éirinn
Tá cosa dubha dubailte ar an dúlamán gaelach
Tá dhá chluais mhaol ar an dúlamán gaelach
CHORUS
Rachaimid go Doire leis an dúlamán gaelach
Is ceannóimid bróga daora ar an dúlamán gaelach
CHORUS
Bróga breaca dubha ar an dúlamán gaelach
Tá bearéad agus triús ar an dúlamán gaelach
CHORUS
Ó chuir mé scéala chuici, go gceannóinn cíor dí
‘S é’n scéal a chuir sí chugam, go raibh a ceann cíortha
CHORUS
Góide a thug na tíre thú? arsa an dúlamán gaelach
Ag súirí le do níon, arsa an dúlamán maorach
CHORUS
Ó cha bhfaigheann tú mo ‘níon, arsa an dúlamán gaelach
Bheul, fuadóidh mé liom í, arsa an dúlamán maorach
“Dúlamán” on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BAlam%C3%A1n
& again with a translation courtesy of Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington ~ :-/ ~ ? ~
http://www.evergreen.edu/
http://academic.evergreen.edu/w/williams/songs/dulaman_seaweed.html
More from there ~
Sean-nós ("old style") Irish singing ~
http://academic.evergreen.edu/w/williams/seannos.htm
Irish-Language Songs ~
http://academic.evergreen.edu/w/williams/songs/irish.htm
“Dúlamán” ~ Clannad in concert twice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww88S-dCco8
Forgive the quality, it’s a phone shot, and it includes a bit of chat for an opening, about seaweed…
Here’s the studio cleanup, when they were much younger ~
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1154983/clannad_dulaman/
And Clannad takes it even shorter ~
~ D2 || & ~ D2 |]
:-p
UGH! ~ Halfway through the metacafe it changes to ~ sorry, I musn’t comment ~ AAAAA!?! ~ it’s a bleached brigand and gang beating it to death…
Cutting Ferns
The melody is a close relation of the Scottish strathspey "Cutting Ferns" ("Cutting Bracken").