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Òran Leannain S​ì​dhe

from Haunting by Christina Stewart

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A gruesome Gaelic song, capturing the moment when a woman of the fairy race hears he cry of her human lover as he dies. The story is told in the track, "The Fairy Lover". The title of this song translated as "Song of the Fairy Lover" and this version is based on the singing of Mrs Annie Arnott in Kilmuir on Skye recorded by Calum MacLean in 1954 and lodged in the archives of the School of Scottish Studies. It has an interesting combination of vocables, both in lines interspersed between verse lines and as a two-line refrain.

lyrics

Huraibh i, huraibh i hao ha ro ha
Huraibh i, huraibh i hao ha ro ha

Chuala mi do glaodh ‘sa bhruthaich
(I heard your cry on the brae)
Hi ribh i hao air fa ralaleo
Ged a chuala cha d’ chuir umhail
(If I heard, I didn’t give it notice)
Hi ribh i hao air fa ralaleo
Gus an cualas guth an fhithich
(Until was heard the voice of the raven)
Hi ribh i hao air fa ralaleo

Huraibh i, huraibh i hao ha ro ha
Huraibh i, huraibh i hao ha ro ha

Gus an cualas guth an fhithich
(Until was heard the voice of the raven)
Hi ribh i hao air fa ralaleo
Fuil do chuim ’sa fhraoch a’ sruthadh
(Blood of your body in the heather, streaming)
Hi ribh i hao air fa ralaleo

Huraibh i, huraibh i hao ha ro ha
Huraibh i, huraibh i hao ha ro ha

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from Haunting, released October 31, 2011
Lead vocal: Christina Stewart
Additional vocals: Alpin 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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