Hello, Saileog here. It's kind of funny to see this exchange in the comments! The version I sang here for TG4 was a version sung by Maggie McDonagh of Fínis island, Iorras Aithneach, Connemara. It was collected by Seamus Ennis in the 1940s, and is one of the songs on my first album, which is a compilation of songs from that collection. The other version linked below is the more widely sung version which I sang with my brother and sister, we heard it from our father at first. The song is more than 200 years old and comes from northwest Mayo, the Inishkea islands are mentioned in it.
Hello, Saileog here. It's kind of funny to see this exchange in the comments! The version I sang here for TG4 was a version sung by Maggie McDonagh of Fínis island, Iorras Aithneach, Connemara. It was collected by Seamus Ennis in the 1940s, and is one of the songs on my first album, which is a compilation of songs from that collection. The other version linked below is the
more widely sung version which I sang with my brother and sister, we heard it from our father at first. The song is more than 200 years old and comes from northwest Mayo, the Inishkea islands are mentioned in it.
Bhí sé sin ar fheabhas.
Bhí sé thar cinn ar fad -- agus is breá liom an version seo.
Leagan deas canta go hálainn.
beautiful, simply beautiful...
Is ansa liom fonn an leagan seo.
There was a version of this woman singing in a pub on a stool, used to be up before the Hothouse version came along
ua-cam.com/video/ThW2roUDIsM/v-deo.html that might be it a mhac