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A Mhairead òg

from An Iomall (The Edge) by Alyth McCormack

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    “There is a handful of performers…who, while deeply involved in tradition, make relevant connections with alternative styles.  Alyth McCormack is one of this handful.” The Irish Edition, Philadelphia

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A farmer's son falls in love with a dairymaid but his Mother disapproves of the relationship. While Miaread is bathing in the river at dusk his Mother tricks her son into thinking that the splashing of young Mairead is that of a duck and the son shoots the duck only to find he shot his true love.

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A Mhairead òg (Young Margaret)


A Mhairead òg ‘s tu rinn mo leon
‘S tu dh’fhag fo bhron ‘s fo mhulad mi
‘S mi ‘n diugh ‘s an dè air cnoc leam fhein
A’ sileadh dheur ‘s mi turraman

‘S mi ‘n diugh ‘s an dè air cnoc leam fhein
A’ sileadh dheur ‘s mi turraman
Och ‘si mo mhathair rinn an call
Nuair chuir I shealg na tunnaig mi

Och ‘si mo mhathair rinn an call
Nuair chuir I shealg na tunnaig mi
Nuair rainig mi an leinne chaol
‘Sann bha mo ghaol ‘a sruladh innt'

Nuair rainig mi an leinne chaol
‘Sann bha mo ghaol ‘a sruladh innt'
‘Se ‘n gunna caol a rinn mo leon
Cha teid e oirleach tuilleadh leam

‘Se ‘n gunna caol a rinn mo leon
Cha teid e oirleach tuilleadh leam
'S an te rinn dhomh-s' leine chaol
Cha 'dean thu ghaoil gion tuilleadh dhomh.

Translation

O young Margaret you caused me pain
You left me with grief and heartache
Today and yesterday on a hillock on my own
Rocking in my grief

Today and yesterday I was alone on a hillock
Shedding tears and mourning
Och It was my mother who made the loss
When she sent me to hunt the ducks

It was my mother who caused the damage
When she sent me to hunt the ducks
When I reached the narrow loch
Where my love was washing

When I got to the narrow pool
It was my love who was bathing there
'Girl who made for me a shirt of fine cloth
You will never, my love, make another for me

It was the slim gun that caused the pain
I won’t carry it another inch
The one who made the white shirt
You will never, my love, make me another one

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from An Iomall (The Edge), released June 10, 2022

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Alyth McCormack Wexford, Ireland

“nothing short of mesmerizing.”

Alyth has earned acclaim for the matchless way she delivers the Gaelic songs on which she was raised & her diversity. Celebrated for her work with The Chieftains (she has been their featured singer for the 14 years) she has shared the stage with folk greats like Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, jazz musician Edward Simon, Ry Cooder and country icon Trace Adkins. ... more

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