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Sadly, the Blackbird Calls

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This is something we've put together as a small gesture.

The text is a 12th Century Irish poem "Cumhthach Labhras an Lonsa" (Sadly, the Blackbird Calls) that seemed to resonate with today. The melody is original.

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lyrics

ENGLISH Translation
It is sadly the blackbird calls,
the wrong that is done him I know.
The cowherd took his house
and killed his little birds

Oh, pity...

Your little heart, O blackbird,
is burning with what that rough man did--
your nest without birds, without eggs,
the story is little to him.

Oh, pity...

Your newborn children used to come
at your clear call;
now no fledgeling comes out of your house.
Nettles grow over the entrance.

Oh, pity...

The wrong done to him now
was also done to me.
Well I understand you, blackbird,
after the wreck of your house.

Oh, pity...

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LYRICS (as Gaeilge):

Cumhthach labhras an lonsa,
an t-olc do fhuair d'fheadarsa
cidh bé do théalaigh a theagh
is fá éanaibh do hairgeadh.

Ochón, ochón, ochón...

Do chridhese, a luin, do loisc
a ndearna an duine díchoisc--
do nead gan éan is gan uigh
sgéal is beag ar an mbuachail.

Ochón, ochón, ochón...

Tigdís fád ghothaibh glana
do muinntir nua a-nallana
éan noch dtig as to thaigh
tar béal do nid ba neanaidh

Ochón, ochón, ochón...

An t-olc fhuairsean a-nossa
ní cian uaidh ó fhuarassa
maith m'aithne ar do labhra, a luin,
a haithle th'adhbha d'argain.

Ochón, ochón, ochón...

credits

released June 5, 2020
Dónal Kearney - Vocals
Zachary Trouton - Vocals
Michael Mormecha - Baritone guitar, sampling

Lyrics - Anon. (12th century)
Music - TRÚ

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The trú was a mythological trio of poet-musicians in ancient Ulster. They were revered throughout Ireland, some believing their songs and stories came to them from the future. Others maintained that the trú were possessed by spirits during performance. As such, they were considered gatekeepers to the Otherworld.

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