Òran an Ròin / The Song of the Seal
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2020
- A traditional Gaelic song from the voice of the seal people or selkies. Creatures who were said to shed their seal skin and take on the human form at certain times of the year. Creatures who moved between the parallel worlds of sea and land, but never truly belonging to either. I learned this from the singing of the Rev William Matheson of North Uist/Edinburgh.
Sharing today this stunning piece of filming by Mike Guest Photography who says:
‘The energy i get from the sea is hard to explain. I often feel like I'm part human part selkie the Scottish name for a seal.
I’ve been listing to this track on loop for days now and was humming it as I went into the water. There are so many parallels that relate to my life my work and the way i relate to the word. For now, i can't express it in any more words, but today's film is a reflection of that feeling for you”.
We hope you like it, please feel free to share widely and let us know what you think. Hope this brings you all a moment or two of calm.
Much love,
Julie x
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The world needs more Irish and Scottish Gaelic music, singers, and speakers.
This movie's in Gallic. I thought it was a beautiful story and quite suggestive of druidry. ruclips.net/video/Iwdn7VmaH7k/видео.html
And this song is exquisite. ruclips.net/video/RbMU4qfd5mU/видео.html
It needs more irish and scottish people, and a place for them to live, and be preserved.
@@banjod5363 Scottish Gaelic culture is open to anyone willing to immerse themselves in the language, culture, poetry and song. Many Gaels have family roots elsewhere in the world (and maybe speak other languages and have other cultural connections too) but now live in Scotland or Nova Scotia and are part of the Gaelic community. It does not require a blood connection to a Scottish clan.
@@iainmaclabhrainn9226 Yes IT does or are you one who would swamped our land with aliens therfore what the fuck did our ancestors fight for, tae dae awa wae oorsels, Scotland is for the Scots not someone from god kens where.To be Scottish does require a blood connection. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
Even being the tinyest bit Scottish, I feel like I'm in Scotland every time I hear her sing.
You cannot imagine how the planet desperately needs you...and so are we...thanks....🌹🎶✨🍀
Sorry? I am confused. What has this awesome song have to do with this disease breeding planet?
@@josephplunkett1459 simply that she's a bright expression that came from afar...(or God if you prefer).. and with her gift by tuning her life with nature and the planet could effect him and lift up us all...
Thanks for asking and giving me the possibility to dwell and explain...🎶👍
... I don't understand the language but her song and voice are very beautiful and soothing...Thank You!🙂,♥️...
.... What language is it!??🤔...
@@ronremley2864 Scottish Gaelic...👍
Voice of an angel.
Julie Fowlis, your music is so soothing, your a light in a dark tunnel for people who need music like this
A sea maid sings on yonder reef
The spell-bound seals draw near
A lilt that lures beyond belief
Mortals enchanted hear
Chorus (after each verse):
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Coir an oir an eer o
The wandering plowman halts his plow
The maid her milking stays
Sheep on hillside, bird on bough
Pause and listen in amaze
Was it a dream? Were all asleep?
Or did she cease her lay?
The seals with a splash dive into the deep
The world goes on, yet lingers the refrain
Òran gu math brèagha 🎶, tha mi a ’bruadar a dhol a dh’Èirinn agus Alba 🏴🇮🇪💚💙
A movie on this issue is The Secret of Roan Inish I definitely recommend
It's a great film.
That is one of my favorite movies! That is the movie that instilled in me a love for Irish/Scottish/Celtic music I think.
I totally recommend it too! A quiet, powerful, haunting movie with beautiful photography.
@@MobyDicksWife Yes. Actually I wish there were more movies from Ireland like that. Ireland has a wealth of material with Ulster and Fennian cycles, and that's just scratching the surface.
yeah, I'm way overdue for a re-watch
Bòidheach! ❤❤❤
Heart stirring song! Brought tears to my eyes! ❤️🏴
I was watching sea lions hunt for Salmon on the shallows yesterday, I can't wait to watch them do just the same in the Atlantic
Hauntingly beautiful - thank you so much Julie
What a way to start a day - a new Julie Fowlis song! I first heard you when you were on an episode of Grand Scottish Islands. After only 2 or 3 notes I fell in love with your beautiful voice which in turn led to a love of traditional Scottish music. Thank you and love from Australia
Learning these songs has helped so much with my Gaelic, and they speak to my heart. Thank you so much 💙
Close my eyes and sailed away in quiet quarantine... Tapadh Leat
I so love your music and I am falling in love with my ancestral language because of you. Thank you so much! My ancestors hail from the Grant and Gunn clans, and I am ever-more interested in the highlands and orkney islands, learning our stories and folk songs.
Julie. Your voice captures my heart. Your Bothan Àirigh am Bràigh Raithneach is a daily must for me. I have a dream to see you live in concert...One day(!)
If you can listen to Julie sing this wonderful song with the Unthanks. It was broadcast on the BBC Alba Station 4 years ago on the sublime Port programmes. The singing and harmonies are unnervingly beautiful. Julie is a true treasure.
I listen to it regularly.Love it!
Thanks! To Mike, we get to (well not this year) the Pacific in the Spring (from home in Minnesota and I always find the sight and sound of the waves are a books worth of words and expressions that still would not begin to describe the feeling. Keep smiling!
Thank you for your beautiful interpretation of this song. Your performance is angelic and it's a perfect companion on a quiet walk by my home on the Shenandoah river.
I listen to this daily because as a scot it calls to my heart. So much lost, thank you Julie for keeping our true culture alive.
Just amazing... reminds me the beautiful "the song of the sea" irish animated film
Thanks from France!
Thanks from U.S.
Makes me think of Song of the Sea, which is a cute animated film about the same concept.
Such a lovely film :) ♥
It has a Gaelic version too (it’s Irish Gaelic rather than Scots Gaelic though)
@@pikachucetthesecond4296 It has been broadcast in Scottish Gaelic on BBC Alba as well.
Truly beautiful. 💕
Julie's music takes me to another place and I find a calming magic to her voice. Although I do not understand the language, I do understand the emotion behind the words. She is a wonderfully gifted singer.
This is basically a perfect piece of music. I don't understand a word of Scottish Gaelic but it doesn't matter, somehow the singing and the instrumentation transports me to a different time and place. So haunting and beautiful. Thank you Julie Fowlis!
JULIE FOWLIS SELKIE SONG, MY HEART IS FULL
Que hermoso despertar así, con un tema tuyo!!! Gracias!!
Breathtaking! 💞🌸🎶 I love these beautiful pieces which are based on Scottish mythology. They are haunting and beautiful.
Mystically beautiful!
Virtual hugs to you from Chicago...
Oh wow... I haven't heard a voice that can move me like this since I discovered Sandy Denny.
Truly magical.
Beautiful combination of images and music. And that voice. Just amazing.
Thank you for the timeless art, Julie!
The most beautiful enchanting song in the whole world❤❤❤❤❤
Oh and you're right about the video, what amazing footage! Thanks for sharing
This is an awesome song, great music and vocalist is hauntingly great.
Magic, truly magic.
Thank you Julie. Couldn't cope without your voice.
Im from county clare and im living in Australia 2 long me and my dad were lobster fishermen off Quilty and we loved it so much my dad died tragically while we were fishing one day that was 15 yrs now and this song breaks my heart ❤️ so much and how I miss the aran islands at 5am pulling pots looking at the cliffs
Beautiful, haunting.
gorgeous...
Incredibly beautiful and moving. Thank you so much.
I'm cameroonian for Africa, and I am completely in love with gaelic irish culturee language history music. I wish to hear your music in your land
this is scottish gaelic, not irish :)
Heard this on Radio 3 - beautiful!
Just did the same thing! So simple, yet so deep.... Yet so short! God, I Iove this stuff.
Lo amo ! 🥰
It's music that calls to my soul to return home to the ancestral lands of old. I need to go next trip. I have 2 of Julie's albums and need to get more.
Tha gaol agam air an òran.
So beautiful!!
Great to watch & hear Thanks Julie :)
Stunning, in every way. Thank you.
So beautiful!
This is so lovely , Thanks for sharing :D Teddy
AMAZING! as always)))
Beautiful song and performance. I really felt moved when I listened to it.Thank you!
so beautiful!! Thank you xxxxx
Thanks, Julie; this really lifted my spirits.
I ll definitly learn it. I love it.
much deep resonance . thank you
Gosh, this is beautiful. Full of water and waves and beast and the language of poets. God bless.
LOVE
So beautiful 😍
Wow beautiful ❤
Incredible voice .
Again absolutely class well done Julie
Exquisite!
So beautiful ❤️
One of the comments mentions how beautiful and "soothing" this song (by you, Julie Fowlis) is. I would like to add the nuance and vocal expression,... and the wonderful Scottish Gaelic (I wish I spoke it) are so subtly beautiful one cannot fail to be moved. Tapadh leat gu dearbh❤️🎶🏴
You are the most beautiful,amazing person I have ever known 😍😍😍
Beautiful
That is beautiful :)
No words for your voice.
Delightful!
I love this song
So hauntingly beautiful
Goosebumps!
It's brilliant.
So so lovlely 💖
Wow, Im in awe. Thank you for your music, Selkie :o) By the way, now I understand more the animated film for children Song of the Sea (2014). It is not for adults only as it seems to be.
Wow
My favourite
Великолепно!
Sgoinneil! Tha gáidhlig cho álainn!
Nice
Through you my ancestors speak to me
One of the most beautiful songs and voices
That's pretty pretty.
Seals are princes of the ocean 🌊 🦭
Sgoinneil 👏👏👏
Celtic languages are always beautiful
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Well done. Any discussion or interest in doing a virtual concert/jam session?
What is that thing in the water? Navigation light? Nav beacon?
I thought it was the pinnacle of an underwater temple. 😂
Looks like a buoy
❤️❤️❤️
👏👏👏
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I'm a simple man. I like.
❤
Makes me proud to be 1/4 Scottish.
Spine tingling beautiful music, beautifully sung as always. Is it available on an album or will it be? Thanks Julie
Thanks Emily!!
It sounds lovely and I came here from Song of the Sea, but where are the lyrics?
Cho breagha!