Baidin Fheilimi (slide) on The Session

Also known as Baidin Feilimi, Baidin Feilimid, Baidin Feilimidh, Baidin Fheilemi, Baidin Fheilimidh, Baidin Pheilimi, Feilimi’s Boat.

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Five settings

X: 1
T: Baidin Fheilimi
R: slide

M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: A2 D FED ABc d2 B | A2 D FED GEE EFG |
A2 D FED ABc d2 c |1 d2 B ABG FDD D2 B :|2 d2 B ABG FDD D2 A ||
|: d2 ef2 dg2 e fed | B2 cd2 B ABG FED |
d2 ef2 dg2 e fed |1 B2 d ABG FDD D2 A :|2 B2 d ABG FDD D2 B ||

X: 2
T: Baidin Fheilimi
R: slide

M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A4 D2|F3 E D2|A2 B2 c2|d4 B2|
A4 D2|F3 E D2|G2 E2 E2 |E6|
A4 D2|F3 E D2|A2 B2 c2|d4 B2|
d4 B2|A3 B G2|F2 D2 D2 |D6||
d4 e2|f4 d2|g4 e2|f4 d2|
B4 c2|d4 B2|A3 B G2|F3 E D2|
d4 e2|f4 d2|g4 e2|f4 d2|
B4 d2|A3 B G2|F2 D2 D2|D6||

X: 3
T: Baidin Fheilimi
R: slide

M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: A2 D F>ED ABc d2 B | A2 D F>ED GEE E3 |
A2 D F>ED ABc d2B | d2 B A>BG FDD D2 A ||
|: d2e f2d g2e f>ed | B2d d>cB A>BG F>ED |
d2e f2d g2e f>ed | B2d ABG FDD D3 ||

X: 4
T: Baidin Fheilimi
R: slide

M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
V:1
|:A2D F>ED ABc d2B|A2D F>ED GEE E3 |
V:2
|:F2A d>BA FGA F2D|F2A d>BA dBB B3|
V:1
A2D F>ED ABc d2B|d2B A>BG FDD D2 A||
V:2
F2A d>BA FGA F2D|A2G F>GB AFF F2D||
V:1
|:d2e fed g2e f>ed|B2d d>cB A>BG F>ED|
V:2
|:A2B dBA d2B d>BA|d2B B>cd F>GB AGF|
V:1
d2e f2d g2e f>ed|B2d ABG FDD D3||
V:2
A2B d2A d2B d>BA|d2B FGB AFF F3||

X: 5
T: Baidin Fheilimi
R: slide

M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
V:1
|:A2D F>ED ABc d2B|A2D F>ED GEE E3 |
V:2
|:F2A d>BA FGA F2D|F2A d>BA dBB B3|
V:3
|:d2f d>ef agf a2f|d2f d>ef fgg g3|
V:1
A2D F>ED ABc d2B|d2B A>BG FDD D2A||
V:2
F2A d>BA FGA F2D|A2G F>ED AFF F2D||
V:3
d2f d>ef agf a2f|a2d d>gB dAA A2F||
V:1
|:d2e fed g2e f>ed|B2d d>cB A>BG F>ED|
V:2
|:A2B dBA d2B d>BA|d2B B>cd F>GB AGF|
V:3
|:f2g agf a2g agf|f2g a>gf d>ed fga|
V:1
d2e f2d g2e f>ed|B2d ABG FDD D3||
V:2
A2B d2A d2B d>BA|d2B FGB AFF F3||
V:3
f2g a2f b2g a>gf|g2f dfd dAA A3||

Sixteen comments

Felini’s Boat Song?

I just learned this off Kim McKee, who plays it on accordion but can’t remember where she heard it. Says it’s been stuck in her head for quite some time, and she has a vague recollection that it’s called Felini’s Boat Song. Lol. Maybe it’s one of Gian Marco’s tunes. 🙂

Anyway, I really like this simple little melody, and it works nice at a slow tempo as well as at more customary slide speed. Fits well on fiddle and whistle/flute.

Anyone recognize it and have a more likely name for it?

Lanigan’s?

Lots of similarities to the jig/song ‘Lanigan’s Ball’

Baidin Fheilemi

it’s a speeded up version of an irish kid’s song

X:1
T:Báidín Fheidhlimidh
R:waltz
S:Croabh Naithi Tunebook #1, page 1
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
A4 D2|F3 E D2|A2 B2 c2|d4 B2|\
A4 D2|F3 E D2|G2 E2 E2 |E6|\
A4 D2|F3 E D2|A2 B2 c2|d4 B2|\
d4 B2|A3 B G2|F2 D2 D2 |D6||\
d4 e2|f4 d2|g4 e2|f4 d2|\
B4 c2|d4 B2|A3 B G2|F3 E D2|\
d4 e2|f4 d2|g4 e2|f4 d2|\
B4 d2|A3 B G2|F2 D2 D2|D6||

Thanks Alan! Kim remembered that it went with a song, but the details were foggy.

Baidin Fheilemi

That’s not (only) a kid ‘s song. It’s a sean-nos song with some mystic in it - a fisherman rowing between this world and the otherworld…

Lyrics

That’s the version as sung by the famous sean nos singer Sinead O’Connor 😉

Baidin Fheilimi, d’imigh go Gabhla,
Baidin Fheilimi ’ s Feilimi ann,
Baidin Fheilimi D ’ imigh go Gabhla
Baidin Fheilimi ‘s, Feilimi ann.

Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach,
baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach,
Baidin Fheilimi ‘s Feilimi ann.

Baidin Fheilimi d ’ imigh go Trocaigh,
Baidin Fheilimi ‘s Feilime ann.
Baidin Fheilimi d ’ imigh go Trocaigh,
Baidin Fheilimi ‘s Feilime ann.

Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach,
baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach,
Baidin Fheilimi ‘s Feilimi ann.

Baidin Fheilimi briseadh i dToraigh,
Baidin Fheilimi ’ s Feilimi ann.
Baidin Fheilimi briseadh i dToraigh,
Baidin Fheilimi ’ s Feilimi ann.

Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach,
baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach,
Baidin Fheilimi ‘s Feilimi ann.

Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach,
baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach,
Baidin Fheilimi ‘s Feilimi ann.

So is Baidin Fheilimi just a person’s name?

Baidin = little boat
Fheilimi = Feilim’s
Feilim was the name of the guy in the little boat.
Some of the kids around here got fed up with playing this tune ad nauseam and re-christened it Bodgy Dodgy, after which it never felt the same again. For me the words of the song are just a little too boring to have any mysticism.
But basically not a bad little tune.

Thanks for the translation!

Different Lyrics?

Why do the lyrics on "Celtic Pride" sound so different than these?

An English translation of this lullaby is available at:

www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=18074&messages=12

next year on Tory!

Sinead O’Connor

Sinead O’Connor sings this song slow and beautiful in her album Sean-Nos Nua

He was an Ulster chieftain who tried to escape his enemies even though his boat was far from seaworthy for the Donegal seas. He first went to Gabhla but thought Toraigh a more secure hiding place. He never made it there, his boat broke against the high cliffs of Tory. He probably wasn’t the first or last to try to escape and never make to safety