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Bonn Beinn Eadarra

from Haunting by Christina Stewart

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This song is sometimes known as "The Headless Corpse" and the story which goes with it appears with that title on this album. It is associated with Skye where the mountain Beinn Eadarra stands, though the tale which is attached to it has versions based in different parts of Scotland. There is a discussion of the song and the story in 'The Gaelic Otherworld: John Gregorson Campbell's Superstitions Of The Highlands And Islands Of Scotland And Witchcraft & Second Sight In The Highlands & Islands' by Ronald Black, published by Birlinn. Variations of the song are known on Skye and elsewhere.

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‘S fhada bhuam fhin bonn Beann Eadarra
(it is far from me, the foot of Ben Eadarra)
‘S fhada bhuam fhin bealach a Mhorbain
(it is far from me the pass of Morbhan)
‘S fhada bhuam fhin bonn Beann Eadarra
(it is far from me, the foot of Ben Eadarra)
‘S fhada gun teagamh bhuam bealach a’ Mhorbhain
(it is without doubt far from me, the pass of Morbhan)

Cul am mullaichean, beul am bealaichean
(back of the summits, mouth of the passes)
Cul am mullaichean, mullach Sron Bhiornail
(back fo the summits, summit of Sron Bhiornail)
(repeat)

Dh’fhag mi’n crodh-laoigh am bonn Beinn Eadarra
(I left my dairy cattle at the foot of Ben Eadarra)
Dh’fhag mi’n crodh-laoigh am bealach a Mhorbhain
(I left my dairy cattle at the pass of Morbhan
Dh’fhag mi’n crodh-laoigh am bonn Beinn Eadarra
(I left my dairy cattle at the foot of Ben Eadarra)
‘S fhada gun teagamh bhuam bealach a’ Mhorbhain
(it is without doubt far from me, the pass of Morbhan)

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from Haunting, released October 31, 2011
Vocal: Christina Stewart
Guitar: Martin MacDonald

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Christina Stewart Scotland, UK

A voice described as the aural equivalent of ‘sweet, organic honey drizzling slowly from a honey wand’ in Dirty Linen magazine. Christina is a singer, teacher, tradition bearer and musical explorer, singing in Gaelic, Scots and English. She belongs to Inverness, the Highland capital, where the Gaelic and Scots heritages of the north of Scotland meet. ... more

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