| [read english version] Mo ghille mór foghain’each
Mo ghille mór gaolach
Mo ghille mór foghain’each
Mo bhuachaill’ nan caorach Mo bhuachaill’ a’ laochan
Mo bhuachaill’ nan caorach
Mo bhuachaill’ nan gobhar
‘S mo bhuachaill’ nan caorach This lively port-à-beul (mouth music) is from the recitation
of the late
seanchaidh Eòs Nìll Bhig (Joe Neil MacNeil) of Middle Cape. (That’s
Joe’s
voice you hear, courtesy of the Beaton Institute, at the University
College
of Cape Breton) While Joe was most widely recognized for his story
telling,
he was also a major source for song and other Gaelic lore. I was interested
to find out that Indian classical music has a kind of mouth music
called ?
which accompanies the teaching of tabla. And Ravi Naimpally helps us
incorporate the two traditions here. East meets East!! Guitars: John Gzowski, Gordie Sampson, Phil Strong
Bass: John Kanakis Tabla/?: Ravi Naimpally
Fiddle: Ashley MacIsaac
Percussion: Phil Strong
Archival Recordings: Joe Neil MacNeil, Dougie MacPhee recorded by
Kay
MacDonald for the Beaton Institute, University College of Cape
Breton,
(Tape 26) Recorded at: Soundpark Studios (Irish Cove, N.S.) by Jamie
Foulds
and at Somnambulab by Phil Strong |
My Big, Able Lad
(traditional mouth tune)
Charles Street Reel)
Turn one:
My big, able lad.
My big, darling lad.
My big, able lad.
My herder of the sheep. Turn two:
My hero is the shepherd.
My hero herds the sheep.
My hero herds the goats.
My hero herds the sheep. This lively port-à-beul (mouth music) is from the
recitation of the late seanchaidh Eòs Nìll Bhig (Joe
Neil MacNeil) of Middle Cape. (That’s Joe’s voice you
hear, courtesy of the Beaton Institute, at the
University College of Cape Breton) While Joe was most
widely recognized for his story telling, he was also a
major source for song and other Gaelic lore. I was
interested to find out that Indian classical music has a
kind of mouth music called ? which accompanies the
teaching of tabla. And Ravi Naimpally helps us
incorporate the two traditions here. East meets East!!
Guitars: John Gzowski, Gordie Sampson, Phil Strong
Bass: John Kanakis Tabla/?: Ravi Naimpally
Fiddle: Ashley MacIsaac
Percussion: Phil Strong
Archival Recordings: Joe Neil MacNeil, Dougie MacPhee
recorded by Kay MacDonald for the Beaton Institute,
University College of Cape Breton, (Tape 26) Recorded
at: Soundpark Studios (Irish Cove, N.S.) by Jamie Foulds
and at Somnambulab by Phil Strong |