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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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Again a piece of puirt a beul. Music from the mouth or mouth-music. These are rhythmical dancing songs.

lyrics

Bothan

Thuirt an gobha ‘Fuirighidh mi’
‘S thuirt an gobha, ‘Falbhaidh mi’
Thuirt an gobha, leis an othail
A bh’air an doras an t-sabhail,
Gu rachadh e a shuirghe.

‘Sa gheala ham bothan nam bothan
Pe ho ro bha hin an doicheam
‘S hala ham de han an doicheam
Bothan a bh’aig Fionnghuala.

Bheirinn fead air fulmairean
Bheirinn fead air falmairean
Liuthannan beaga na mara
Bheireamaid greis air an tarrainn
Na maireadh na duirrgh dhuinn.


Translation

The blacksmith said, "I'll wait"
The blacksmith said, "I'll go"
The blacksmith said, through his confusion
in the door of the barn
That he would go courting.
 
I'd knock spots off the fulmars
I'd knock spots off the hakes
The little lythe of the sea
We'd spend a while hauling them
if our hand-lines lasted.

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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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