Dervish - Dónal Óg (feat. Cathy Jordan)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Official audio for "Dónal Óg" from the latest Dervish release The Great Irish Songbook, out now on Rounder Records! Buy/stream The Great Irish Songbook here: found.ee/Dervi...
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DÓNAL ÓG -
Dónal Óg is surely one of the most moving Irish love songs. A song of betrayal, obsession and grief - a young girl's cry of desolation left pregnant and abandoned by her lover Dónal. There are many versions of this song written originally in Gaelic but this one was translated by Frank O'Connor.
Featuring Cathy Jordan - vocals, bouzouki
Liam Kelly - whistles
Shane Mitchell - accordion
Tom Morrow - fiddle
Brian McDonagh - mandola
Roger Tallroth - 12 string guitar
Eddie Lee - bass
Graham Henderson - piano, keys
Traditional arr., by Cathy Jordan
Recorded by Kieran Lynch and Brian McDonagh at The Magicroom, Sligo.
Lyrics to "Dónal Óg"
O Dónal Óg when you cross the ocean
Take me with you when you are going
At fair or market you'll be well looked after
And you shall sleep with the Greek king's daughter
My mother ordered me to shun you
Today tomorrow and on Sunday
Too late, in vain o'er spilt milk grieving
Closing the door on a bygone thieving
If you come at all, come when stars are peeping
Rap the door that makes no squeaking
My mother will ask you to name your people
And I'll say t'was the night wind weeping
The first kiss came and from no craven
The second kiss came on top the stairway
The third kiss came as down you lay me
But for that one night, I'd be still a maiden
Oh Dónal Óg you'll not find me lazy
Not like some high-born expensive lady
I'll do your milking and I'll nurse your baby
And if beset on I'll defend you bravely
You said you'd meet me but you were lying
Beside the sheep shed as day was dying
I whistled and called you twelve times repeating
But all that I heard was the young lambs bleating
You took what's before me and what's behind me
Took east and west when you wouldn't find me
Sun, moon and stars you have taken
And God as well if I'm not mistaken
#dervish #donalog #celticmusic
Beautiful version!
A heartbreakingly beautiful version of this saddest old Irish song. Ba dheas leagan Gaeilge a chloisteáil chomh maith.
I love this, it is so beautiful. It is moving, like the poem by Lady Gregory.
New breath into a traditional tune🎶.
Dervish at their best👍
I saw you play this at the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow and was completely blown away. It just took flight and took me with it.
Such a beautoiful song, both lyrically and musically, and Cathy gets A+ too!!
Beautiful rendition. Well done Kathy & Dervish !
Beautiful song
Class 👌
A wonderful version and if I may, I love Al O'Donnell's version as well.
Sounds like Donal wasn't a very nice bloke. Is Og his last name? What does the word mean?
"Óg" means young....... often a father and son (or even two brothers!) would have the same name.... so one would be "Dónal Óg" and the other would be "Dónal Mór" (big Dónal).
Does anyone know where to find lyrics to this version?
Dónal Óg Lyrics
[Verse 1]
O Dónal Óg when you cross the ocean
Take me with you when you are going
At fair or market you'll be well looked after
And you shall sleep with the Greek king's daughter
[Verse 2]
My mother ordered me to shun you
Today tomorrow and on Sunday
Too late, in vain o'er spilt milk grieving
Closing the door on a bygone thieving
[Verse 3]
If you come at all, come when stars are peeping
Rap the door that makes no squeaking
My mother will ask you to name your people
And I'll say t'was the night wind weeping
[Verse 4]
The first kiss came and from no craven
The second kiss came on top the stairway
The third kiss came as down you lay me
But for that one night, I'd be still a maiden
[Verse 5]
Oh Dónal Óg you'll not find me lazy
Not like some high-born expensive lady
I'll do your milking and I'll nurse your baby
And if beset on I'll defend you bravely
[Verse 6]
You said you'd meet me but you were lying
Beside the sheep shed as day was dying
I whistled and called you twelve times repeating
But all that I heard was the young lambs bleating
[Verse 7]
You took what's before me and what's behind me
Took east and west when you wouldn't find me
Sun, moon and stars you have taken
And God himself if I'm not mistaken
@sharonwalter1309 thank you so so much!
This is such a beautifully mellifluous lament. I adore it and particularly the way Cathy sings it with such a longing. Donal sounds like a bit of a knob though, to be honest. Best off without the likes of him 😏