Gartan Mother's Lullaby

"Gartan Mother's Lullaby" is an old Irish song and poem written by Herbert Hughes and Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, first published in Songs of Uladh [Ulster] in 1904.[1] Hughes collected the traditional melody in Donegal the previous year and Campbell wrote the lyrics. The song is a lullaby by a mother, from the parish of Gartan in County Donegal. The song refers to a number of figures in Irish mythology, places in Ireland and words in the Irish language.

"Gartan Mother's Lullaby"
Song
Published1904
Songwriter(s)Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (Lyrics)

Pronunciation
  • Aoibheall, (pronounced "ee-val") commonly known as Aoibhinn the Beautiful, is the queen of the Northern Fairies.
  • The Green Man, (or Fear Glas in Irish) it is said if you see him in the morning, "no ill follows"; but if at night, death or some other terrible misfortune will surely overtake you. He is sometimes called Fear Liath, or the Grey Man.
  • Siabhra, is a generic term for an Irish fairy of any kind. In ancient writings the Tuatha de Danann, or little magicians of the Pagan Irish, were called "siabhra" without distinction.
  • Tearmann, Irish for Termon, a village near Gartan in Donegal.
  • Leanbhan, is an old Irish word for little child. (leanbh is Irish for child +án leanbhán is its diminutive.)

Covers
  • 2016 - UCD Choral Scholars covered on the album "Invisible Stars"
  • 2016 - Lisa Cuthbert covered on the album Paramour
  • 2011 - Screaming Orphans covered on the album The Jacket's Green
  • 2011 - Deirdre Shannon covered on the album Anamcheol
  • 2010 - Peter Roberts covered on the album Love and the Ferryman
  • 2010 - Fionnuala Sherry covered on the album Songs From Before
  • 2007 -Tracey Rose Brown covered on the album " Songs In The Mist"
  • 2006 - Órla Fallon, covered on the album The Water Is Wide
  • 2002 - Spiral Dance, covered on the album Notes of Being
  • 2002 - Kerstin Blodig, covered on the album Valivann
  • 2000 - Meryl Streep, recorded for the album For Our Children: 10th Anniversary
  • 1992 - Kim Robertson, recorded for the album Tender Shepherd
  • 1991 - Paddy Reilly, on his album The Gold and Silver Days
  • 1977 - Alba, on their album "Alba"
  • 1972 - The Dubliners, on their album Double Dubliners
  • 1969 - The Corries, appears on their album Strings and Things

References
  1. World Cat. Songs of Uladh, Irish folk songs, Herbert Hughes and Seosamh MacCathmhaoil published by W&G Baird, Belfast 1904

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  1. World Cat. The music of Ireland : radio commentaries upon thirty-four representative Irish songs , Francis X Sallaway . St Paul, Minn 1946
  2. The Gartan Mother's Lullaby - The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
  3. The Healing sound of Music by Kate and Richard Mucci. Findhorn Press 2000 . Tallahassee, Fla.
  4. The Guardian, Poem of the week: The Gartan Mother’s Lullaby by Joseph Campbell, Carol Rumens, Mon 18 Jan 2016
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