I second that it’s definitely the best description I’ve ever heard. While I may not have been born in Scotland the blood of my fathers is strong within me.
If the government gave it enough priority to teach it in schools, the way the Dutch learn English in schools, then it would come back. But you don’t need Gaelic to make money. It’s not a commercial language, so not even the current SNP government is doing enough about it, as far as I’m aware. Then again, there won’t be enough teachers fluent in the language in the first place, so that they can teach it.
There's still a chance. From where I live some of our Indigenous languages are diminishing for years until it becomes strict like if you're an Indigenous person & you can't speak your language, don't know any folk lore & don't know any tribal dance you can't get benefits like Education Scholarship for Indigenous people, Some provinces required government employees(Indigenous or Non-indigenous) to learn the Indigenous language in that certain area and if an Indigenous person graduates & work for the government like a public teacher are required to conduct a theses about her/his tribe.
When I was just a kid I saw my mother's temper flare and a left hand swinging upwards striking the chin of a man twice her size. Took him awhile to wake up. Coal black hair, dark brown eyes she had the attention of all the men. She was a dainty Scottish lady tempering a B17 Pilot into submission to be a gentleman from the skies. She succeeded. When I first heard your voice brought memories of me mother's voice as she sang Christmas carols with her Scottish accent. It was the beauty of her voice that tamed the men in our family.
I absolutely love how you wrote that and explained her. She is a good example of a strong woman. Makes me so happy to hear you had a mother like that. She lives through this music to guide you. ( i believe if you believe other wise that is obvious fine lol)
Your mum sounds like a legend! We Scottish women are a different breed, kind, loving and gentle until a line is crossed, our wrath is direct and trouble is swiftly dealt wae.
I’ve been listening to this since I was a kid. I’m a 22-year-old black woman, and I will always love myself for being so open to music around the world. Never stop sharing. We’re all human and have good and bad sides, and music brings us together in so many ways. ❤
They have actually already lost their language. They mainly speak English because it became her mother tongue. And only few take the effort to learn a difficult and completely different language, even if the language sounds beautiful. It survives in songs as long as people listen to these songs. But a greater help for the language would be to actually learn it and use it to produce songs or as a mean of communication
@@donatiuspynethz1296 educating people when u dont know what your talking about is not a good thing. We a have a concerted effort funded by our government to keep our language alive. As do the irish in the republic. And loads of us still speak it so please educate yourself first if your going to try educate others
I hoped to find someone to speak it as I was in Dublin and I didn't meet anyone who could. My impression is that they mostly speak English that was disappointing. I have even heard that many don't like to learn it because it is seen as a political instrument by the Catholics. On the other hand the point that in school it's not taught in the right way. I would like to believe that people still speak it but it's a difference if only some people speak it instead of the whole country speaking it. If I go to Italy people speak Italian. In Spain spanish. But in Ireland they speak English? Doesn't that mean that England succeeded? Isn't it better to speak a language that connects you with the heritage of your country. Even if that means the Catholics succeed with their politics. Because isn't that better than speaking the language of the English oppressors. I think languages that evolved from the caltic language are far more beautiful than those who evolved from Latin.
Not to make anyone jealous or anything but Julie Fowlis gave me a wee hug many years ago when I saw her at the Phoenix Exeter. u folks hail from North Uist (Claddach Kirkibost) I am a Glasgow hooligan.
Dh'èirich mi moch madainn cheòthar Hò gurie hòm ò 'S shuidh mi air a chnocan bhòidheach Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò Thàinig mo leannan am chòmhdail Hò gurie hòm ò Bhuail sinn air a chòmhradh ghòrach Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò Cha d' thàinig e nuair bu chòir dhà Hò gurie hòm ò Tiota beag mun d' rinn mi 'm pòsadh Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò Ri mac a bhodachain bhrònaich Hò gurie hòm ò Nach tug crios, neo brèid neo bròg dhomh Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò Nach tug an stìom is i bu chòir dhomh Hò gurie hòm ò Mhic an fhir o'n charra sgiathach Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò 'S eilean mòr nan eun fiadhaich Hò gurie hòm ò Bheirinn fhèin mo bhòid 's mo bhriathran Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò Mionnan ged do chùmte sgian rium Hò gurie hòm ò Gur h-ann duit a thug mi 'n ciad ghaol Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò
I'm from Scotland's little cousin Nova Scotia, and learning my Scottish heritage along with the culture and language is really important to me. Hearing these songs helps me with my pronunciation and grammar
I'm working on learning each language of my culture ( Polish, Scots Gaelic, and German), best of luck to you! I'm working on Gaelic and German first :)
I have both Highland Scots and Irish ancestry, and I'd love to learn how to speak Gaidhlig/Gaelic, but the problem is, which form of the language to learn? They're related but not identical languages. Another problem is that I have no practical application for either language.
@@stevestruthers6180 Re a reason to learn, if you enjoy listening to Gaelic music, perhaps it may give you a better experience if you understand the words better. Also, many of Julie Fowlis' songs are taken from the huge corpus of classical gaelic literature. Its a great introduction to those wonderful poems and stories.
@@stevestruthers6180 you are correct that they aren't identical but they do share 80/90 percent mutual intelligibility and with a wee bit of patience a full conversation can be had between the two.......Gaidhlig descended from Gaedhlig and at one time Gaedhlig was the language spoken by Irish Manx and Scottish , eventually they split into separate languages but still retain mutual intelligibility and buíochas le Dia enough from all three survived in written and spoken form to be able to keep them from dieing.
im spanish , and im feeling the same , i feel identifyed with this kind of culture , nature , im musician amateur and in the musical point of view , this melodies and armonies are jewells , but in my humble theory , this culture and music conecting with the ancient europe identity , chamanic and feirytales of whole europe before roman empire destroyed all, but it remeins in our subconscient , in madrid spain , there are a few irish pubs where you can play celtic music with others amateur musicians, and in the northwest of spain there is a region zone called , galicia , wich has to do much with celtic traditions .
I'm from Nigeria and also moved by this Scottish Gaelic vocalist and her melodies. There's a richness and a story behind the tones and words. Beautiful. I wish we could all share our cultures in peace.
It 3 in the morning and the stars are bright and the moon's full and casting shadows. There's a cool and a soft quite breeze bringing the last scent of Jasmine, I am guarding a flock of sheep, and when I listen to Julie sing the forest around me goes silent. I can see deer and rabbits standing perfectly still listening, and as the echo of her singing returns I am struck by the realization the this voice surly was crafted heaven, for even the beasts of the forest stop and listen.
I'm "American" but because of my ancestors, I was raised with Scottish and Welsh tradition, immersed in my culture since I was a child and this reminds me of all the little moments I had as a kid.
I'm Irish. Born and raised, almost 100% without my culture or language. I listen to tons of music, in both Gaeilge and Gàidhlig. I grew up minimally around my own culture. I hope to relearn and reconnect. I am grateful that you are living how I would like to :) I just turned 18 and as soon as I can, I'm going back to the Inis Mór village where my family came from 105 years ago to try and find relatives. Gael Americans need to drop the patriot shit and find pride in our ancestral homeland. An phoblacht núa abú. Note: my username is not my real name, lol, "hapner" is not my real surname, I've got a Mc name
Ulysses Hapner We Americans tend to be very proud of both without contradiction. That’s one of the nice things about being American-Pride in your ancestral roots, and proud of what they all came together to create in America. (not ignoring the flaws of course, and trying to learn from them)
@@lye_solution Where the hell else should we live, then? Our ancestor's homelands? Can't do that, that'd massively overwhelm your countries' infrastructure. America has 32 million people who are of Irish descent, and the homeland only has 5 million. Where are you gonna put us? How would you even begin to handle an influx of people that outnumber your own native population almost seven to one? What of other nations? German Americans number over 43 million- do you think Germany could handle that amount of people coming to in a country that already has 83 million? And what of people of multiple ethnicities, which are a majority of Americans? Where do we go? What do we do? Just curl up and die, since we can't split ourselves into fractions? Let's face it, what happened in the past is irreversible and trying to reverse it against all common sense would be a fucking humanitarian crisis on a scale never seen before. Don't look down on us for something our very distant ancestors did (or never did at all, considering the majority of the US population's ancestors arrived far after colonization began on American shores). The sins of the father (or, more likely, a man that has same skin colors as the father) do not pass on to the son.
you're so lucky! i managed to learn a few sentences in scottish gaelic, and now found a website that teaches languages for free, they didn't have scottish but they have irish. i just feel that i can;t figure out the pronunciation.
SSC, keep listening to Scottish Gaelic music. Julie Fowlis is exceptional, but there are many others as well. As the music spreads, more and more people want to learn the language.
From her website: I arose early on a misty morning Hò gurie hòm ò and I sat on the lovely hillock Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò My sweetheart came to me We chattered about foolish things. He failed to come when he should have A short time before I married the son of the mournful old man who didn’t give me a belt, a head-dress or shoe, who didn’t give me the head-band which is my right. Son of the man from the winged rock and the large island of the wild birds I would give my promise and my word I would swear it even if a knife were held to me that it was to you I gave my first love.
I see all the love for Scottish Gaelic hear and its not hard to understand the love. I remember listening to my Uncle Fergus speak English in his heavy Gaelic accent, and I could hardly understand. My Aunt Annie would translate his English for me, but I loved them both and have tried to learn some language over the years. To Julie and others keeping this alive...tapadh leibh!
Je suis africain, mais je ressens au plus profond de mon âme un attachement certain à la culture celtique, j'ai l'impression d'être vraiment moi quand j'écoute cette chanson
I like to listen to this song before I fall asleep. I can't speak gaelic (I wish I could), but I really like it. Sometimes I just try to imagine what this song is about, and my ideas depend on my feelings.
@@FaeSparrow me too and I am an old ( 80) french-speaking Swiss ( we have Celtic blood too, remember the HELVETII massacred by Julius Caesar at the very beginning of his conquest of GAULE ? and I live now over 30 years in South America but I love languages and the CELTIC cultures . DUOLINGO is great but listening to the Gaelic songs on YT is even better because we have both ( generally) the Gaelic and english lyrics. so we can understand the Gaelic and understand how it is pronounced as compared to how it is spelled. a HUGE help.
Love and brotherhood to all my fellow Celts, Gaels, and Brythons out there, as unto all people of the world here brought together by beautiful music. CROM ABÚ!!
I’m taken back in time and just imagine a mother with firery red hair singing this in a whispery tone to her new born sitting a rocking chair in a woodland cottage with snowfall outside the window like a fox in the snow with her kit
As mongrel Scot /Irish what has happened to our ancient race that ranged across Europe since 850 B.C. our culture trashed, our people dispersed all over the world, under the U.K. we no longer exist!! Tha mi bruidhinn beagan Ghaidhlig, Mo tealach bruidhinn agus eisdeachd aun Canan nan Gaidheal These singers make me proud. Raibeart Gallgaidhealaibh
Wow, some of y’all are arguin’ (in great depth, at that) about who’s a true Scot and who ain’t while I’m just over here, a random American, trying to learn your language cause I think it’s beautiful. And I came here to listen to this song cause I like it. Anyways.
The Celtic was born in me. I'm kind of related though because of Basque ancestry. This is such a beautiful song, feels like I'm soaring higher and higher like a bird ❤ Love from Argentina!
Many of us from Ireland have Basque or other Spanish roots. We have Spanish towns and dark hair, dark skinned natives thanks to Spain including my family in Belfast. Cool comment!
I just came back from a trip to Scotland and England last week and this song was playing throughout the venture. It encapsulated every moment of my holiday. I’m not even Scottish, but Scotland became like home; although far more magical than that place. I can’t wait to go back.
I personally consider it one of my biggest crimes that I've never found this song sooner. Reminds me of rock hopping up at Clachtoll and fishing with my dad at Glenelg, and yes I'm crying.
This is so beautifull ,I wish I could speak the Language I already started checking out the websites where they are teaching this . ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👏👏There is nothing more haunting and mysterious than the Gaelic Scottish .
This song is one of eleven on her album "alterum" (lower case 'a'). It might be the most beautiful song I have heard in 15 years, and I can't understand the language. Please show Ms Fowlis some appreciation and buy this album. The whole album is beautiful. Please, consider buying it. This album is worth it.
Its the scottish gaels your listening too ancient celtic language you can search scottish gaelic music and find loads of fantastic music and some songs have it translated into English so people can understand what they are listening too am scottish my self but my language was band and replacement of English but now so much is lost about our language and we will never have it again just like everything this world the replace it all eventually.
@@archiebrown3719 Thanks! :D I'll search some music. On the other hand, I understand how you feel. Many dialects in my country are forever forgotten :( Because there's no people who speaks (or even cares) anymore. But maybe music will help to preserve all these old languages. :3
Respect to our Celtic cousins from Alba and to all our Celtic cousins in Europe, from the Celtic Pagans of Eire. Born 1963 in Doire, I personally seen what 10 Downing Street done with our people. We are seeds from Mother Nature, the more they bury the more we grow. Do not forget Oliver Cromwell, nor thatcher Slainte agus Saoirse
And here I'm crying, the same way that I cry each time I listen to this kind of Gaelic, Scottish or Irish folk songs. If you're crying, get ready, this means that this is not just a song, it's a memory that your subconscious still remembers. These countries were home for u some time ago, maybe they're still home, for me, at least.
thank you. i’m trying to reconnect more with my scottish heritage and as i learn scottish gaelic, these songs are really helping me out. they’re so beautiful too.
This album and song are true works of art. Through the sound and melody, our ancestors experiences, thoughts, and prayers become available to us in the present moment.
i don't understand a word in this but it is one of the most wonderful voices iv heard in my life. it touches the soul and calms me to the core sitting i am frozen stuck on repeat
I marked which way to read my attempt at a translation(^). (I arose early on a misty morning Hò gurie hòm ò and I sat on the lovely hillock Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò) ^Dh’èirich mi moch madainn cheòthar Hò gurie hòm ò ’s shuidh mi air a chnocan bhòidheach Hi rim i call eile Hò a ho hì rì Eu rubh i a ho eu Hò gurie hòm ò (My sweetheart came to me We chattered about foolish things. He failed to come when he should have A short time before I married the son of the mournful old man who didn’t give me a belt, a head-dress or shoe) ^Thàinig mo leannan am chòmhdail Bhuail sinn air a chòmhradh ghòrach Cha d’ thàinig e nuair bu chòir dhà Tiota beag mun d’ rinn mi ’m pòsadh Ri mac a bhodachain bhrònaich Nach tug crios, neo brèid neo bròg dhomh. Nach tug an stìom is i bu chòir dhomh (Who didn’t give me the head-band which is my right. Son of the man from the winged rock and the large island of the wild birds I would give my promise and my word I would swear it even if a knife were held to me that it was to you I gave my first love.) ^Mhic an fhir o’n charra sgiathach, ’S eilean mòr nan eun fiadhaich, Bheirinn fhèin mo bhòid ’s mo bhriathran, Mionnan ged do chùmte sgian rium, Gur h-ann duit a thug mi ’n ciad ghaol.
Been listening to gaelic music for years. Just found out though a DNA test i am 89% Scottish-Irish-British and 11% German. And I was born in Illinois. Can't wait for the day i visit Scotland and Ireland. I have a red beard and green eyes. Super rare.
I am Scottish, and I am six foot one inch, I have reddish blonde hair and beard and blue eyes. I am from the Gallowglass, {Norse Gael} if you do not ken what that is google it. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
I don't know why I'm so drawn to listening to music in foreign languages. However ive found that Gaelic music is especially calming and relaxing to listen to.
Since getting into my family’s genealogy I've been trying to learn Irish Gaelic and German. Super pumped to have found Julie's music!! It can help me write and keep me motivated to learn Gaelic!!
I always come to your songs for comfort and grounding. They really make me feel connected to my ancestors and humble my problems to just that, insignificant problems compared to the amount of hardships overcame by every person connected to my very existence.
doesn't matter what I'm doing while i listen to this, it can be something as mundane as washing dishes, it will be a spiritual and emotional experience
The English have spent decades trying remove it, for some made language called English, children were severely punished for speaking Gaelic and believe the same in Wales!
beautiful song, but when someone without training in Scottish Gaelic, looks at the lyrics cannot comprehend like those words may turn into those sounds, it's crazy
Thank you for your music, dear Julie. Through your voice I feel even more attracted to the Gaelic language than before, although I do not understand it ... yet! Hugs from Zurich/Switzerland.
Its 6:22 in the morning, the gray clouds above me and the morning mist surrounding me with a cup of chocolate drink to warm me up and this music to bright my day.
Julie, you have such a lovely voice! The lyrical beauty of the Gaelic language is a perfect compliment to it. I've definitely found a new artist to get me through the work day.
I have just discovered you at the same time as my North Uist family where I visited recently from Australia. I am awestruck by all these experiences. You a stunning artist.
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I wish it would come back also...Scottish Gaelic sounds like energy on the wind just before a lightning strike- so beautiful a language!
That's probably the best way I've ever heard our language described ☆☆☆
And as the lightening strikes with a glorious thunder,
I go again, magically lost in it's wonder.
🇮🇪💚🏴
I second that it’s definitely the best description I’ve ever heard. While I may not have been born in Scotland the blood of my fathers is strong within me.
@@Alasdair37448 No it's not.
If the government gave it enough priority to teach it in schools, the way the Dutch learn English in schools, then it would come back. But you don’t need Gaelic to make money. It’s not a commercial language, so not even the current SNP government is doing enough about it, as far as I’m aware. Then again, there won’t be enough teachers fluent in the language in the first place, so that they can teach it.
I wish we were taught gaelic in schools, same as in Wales with Welsh.
There's still a chance. From where I live some of our Indigenous languages are diminishing for years until it becomes strict like if you're an Indigenous person & you can't speak your language, don't know any folk lore & don't know any tribal dance you can't get benefits like Education Scholarship for Indigenous people, Some provinces required government employees(Indigenous or Non-indigenous) to learn the Indigenous language in that certain area and if an Indigenous person graduates & work for the government like a public teacher are required to conduct a theses about her/his tribe.
When I was just a kid I saw my mother's temper flare and a left hand swinging upwards striking the chin of a man twice her size. Took him awhile to wake up. Coal black hair, dark brown eyes she had the attention of all the men. She was a dainty Scottish lady tempering a B17 Pilot into submission to be a gentleman from the skies. She succeeded. When I first heard your voice brought memories of me mother's voice as she sang Christmas carols with her Scottish accent. It was the beauty of her voice that tamed the men in our family.
Sounds very like my dear wee mum 🥲 so grateful to have grown up around fierce Scottish women ❤
I absolutely love how you wrote that and explained her. She is a good example of a strong woman. Makes me so happy to hear you had a mother like that. She lives through this music to guide you. ( i believe if you believe other wise that is obvious fine lol)
So lovely
Brother that's domestic abuse
Your mum sounds like a legend! We Scottish women are a different breed, kind, loving and gentle until a line is crossed, our wrath is direct and trouble is swiftly dealt wae.
I’ve been listening to this since I was a kid. I’m a 22-year-old black woman, and I will always love myself for being so open to music around the world. Never stop sharing. We’re all human and have good and bad sides, and music brings us together in so many ways. ❤
please PLEASE SAVE YOUR CULTURE AND YOUR LANGUAGE... The world need it!!!! Heart Earth and every living souls need your culture!
All culture is needed :)
Not all
They have actually already lost their language. They mainly speak English because it became her mother tongue. And only few take the effort to learn a difficult and completely different language, even if the language sounds beautiful. It survives in songs as long as people listen to these songs. But a greater help for the language would be to actually learn it and use it to produce songs or as a mean of communication
@@donatiuspynethz1296 educating people when u dont know what your talking about is not a good thing. We a have a concerted effort funded by our government to keep our language alive. As do the irish in the republic. And loads of us still speak it so please educate yourself first if your going to try educate others
I hoped to find someone to speak it as I was in Dublin and I didn't meet anyone who could. My impression is that they mostly speak English that was disappointing. I have even heard that many don't like to learn it because it is seen as a political instrument by the Catholics. On the other hand the point that in school it's not taught in the right way. I would like to believe that people still speak it but it's a difference if only some people speak it instead of the whole country speaking it. If I go to Italy people speak Italian. In Spain spanish. But in Ireland they speak English? Doesn't that mean that England succeeded? Isn't it better to speak a language that connects you with the heritage of your country. Even if that means the Catholics succeed with their politics. Because isn't that better than speaking the language of the English oppressors. I think languages that evolved from the caltic language are far more beautiful than those who evolved from Latin.
Not to make anyone jealous or anything but Julie Fowlis gave me a wee hug many years ago when I saw her at the Phoenix Exeter. u folks hail from North Uist (Claddach Kirkibost) I am a Glasgow hooligan.
Lucky you!
Wee bit jealous 😊
Dh'èirich mi moch madainn cheòthar
Hò gurie hòm ò
'S shuidh mi air a chnocan bhòidheach
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
Thàinig mo leannan am chòmhdail
Hò gurie hòm ò
Bhuail sinn air a chòmhradh ghòrach
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
Cha d' thàinig e nuair bu chòir dhà
Hò gurie hòm ò
Tiota beag mun d' rinn mi 'm pòsadh
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
Ri mac a bhodachain bhrònaich
Hò gurie hòm ò
Nach tug crios, neo brèid neo bròg dhomh
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
Nach tug an stìom is i bu chòir dhomh
Hò gurie hòm ò
Mhic an fhir o'n charra sgiathach
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
'S eilean mòr nan eun fiadhaich
Hò gurie hòm ò
Bheirinn fhèin mo bhòid 's mo bhriathran
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
Mionnan ged do chùmte sgian rium
Hò gurie hòm ò
Gur h-ann duit a thug mi 'n ciad ghaol
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
Gura mie mur ayd! :) (yeah, I know it's Manx, not Scottish, but it's the form of Gaelic I know. I'm sure you know what I said, lol.)
Blurquoise She dty vea.
@@blurquoise5301 Irish, Scottish and Manx, Is muide den chlann ceannann céanna. We're from the same family. (An Irish Gaelic speaker)
The first line of the antepenultimate phrise is off...
Blurquoise how on Earth could you possibly speak Manx? I'm not saying you can't, I'm just asking because it's practically a dead tongue.
I'm cameroonian from Africa, and I wish to hear this beautiful song at evening in the Higher Land.
We are all brothers and sisters my friend just spread apart. Our culture is your culture
that's a beautiful wish
Music in your soul - you are from the same country. Not this Earth, though, of course.
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@@luxfer7794 I u I u
I'm from Scotland's little cousin Nova Scotia, and learning my Scottish heritage along with the culture and language is really important to me. Hearing these songs helps me with my pronunciation and grammar
I'm working on learning each language of my culture ( Polish, Scots Gaelic, and German), best of luck to you! I'm working on Gaelic and German first :)
I have both Highland Scots and Irish ancestry, and I'd love to learn how to speak Gaidhlig/Gaelic, but the problem is, which form of the language to learn? They're related but not identical languages. Another problem is that I have no practical application for either language.
@@stevestruthers6180 Re a reason to learn, if you enjoy listening to Gaelic music, perhaps it may give you a better experience if you understand the words better. Also, many of Julie Fowlis' songs are taken from the huge corpus of classical gaelic literature. Its a great introduction to those wonderful poems and stories.
@@mikem9001 Tapadh leat!
@@stevestruthers6180 you are correct that they aren't identical but they do share 80/90 percent mutual intelligibility and with a wee bit of patience a full conversation can be had between the two.......Gaidhlig descended from Gaedhlig and at one time Gaedhlig was the language spoken by Irish Manx and Scottish , eventually they split into separate languages but still retain mutual intelligibility and buíochas le Dia enough from all three survived in written and spoken form to be able to keep them from dieing.
I'm Russian, and my soul is dancing and flying and crying and smiling and singing when I hear such beautitul Scottish, Welsh or Irish songs!
Same here
im spanish , and im feeling the same , i feel identifyed with this kind of culture , nature , im musician amateur and in the musical point of view , this melodies and armonies are jewells , but in my humble theory , this culture and music conecting with the ancient europe identity , chamanic and feirytales of whole europe before roman empire destroyed all, but it remeins in our subconscient , in madrid spain , there are a few irish pubs where you can play celtic music with others amateur musicians, and in the northwest of spain there is a region zone called , galicia , wich has to do much with celtic traditions .
I'm from Nigeria and also moved by this Scottish Gaelic vocalist and her melodies.
There's a richness and a story behind the tones and words. Beautiful.
I wish we could all share our cultures in peace.
It 3 in the morning and the stars are bright and the moon's full and casting shadows. There's a cool and a soft quite breeze bringing the last scent of Jasmine, I am guarding a flock of sheep, and when I listen to Julie sing the forest around me goes silent. I can see deer and rabbits standing perfectly still listening, and as the echo of her singing returns I am struck by the realization the this voice surly was crafted heaven, for even the beasts of the forest stop and listen.
I love this, Abby. xx
That sent a shiver down my spine...a good one. That imagery perfectly represents this song! X
You're literally living my dream life: a life on a farm, with the forest and nature around me. That's the life I wish to have :)
I'll have a pint of what you're on Abby or does it sell by the gram?
This voice was surely crafted in heaven, for even the beasts of the forest stop and listen. - Wow what a beautiful thing to say. Actual poetry.
I'm "American" but because of my ancestors, I was raised with Scottish and Welsh tradition, immersed in my culture since I was a child and this reminds me of all the little moments I had as a kid.
I'm Irish. Born and raised, almost 100% without my culture or language. I listen to tons of music, in both Gaeilge and Gàidhlig. I grew up minimally around my own culture. I hope to relearn and reconnect. I am grateful that you are living how I would like to :) I just turned 18 and as soon as I can, I'm going back to the Inis Mór village where my family came from 105 years ago to try and find relatives. Gael Americans need to drop the patriot shit and find pride in our ancestral homeland. An phoblacht núa abú.
Note: my username is not my real name, lol, "hapner" is not my real surname, I've got a Mc name
Ulysses Hapner We Americans tend to be very proud of both without contradiction. That’s one of the nice things about being American-Pride in your ancestral roots, and proud of what they all came together to create in America. (not ignoring the flaws of course, and trying to learn from them)
@@culturecoroner In the homeland we look down upon Americans for continuing to live upon stolen soil.
@@lye_solution Where the hell else should we live, then? Our ancestor's homelands? Can't do that, that'd massively overwhelm your countries' infrastructure. America has 32 million people who are of Irish descent, and the homeland only has 5 million. Where are you gonna put us? How would you even begin to handle an influx of people that outnumber your own native population almost seven to one? What of other nations? German Americans number over 43 million- do you think Germany could handle that amount of people coming to in a country that already has 83 million?
And what of people of multiple ethnicities, which are a majority of Americans? Where do we go? What do we do? Just curl up and die, since we can't split ourselves into fractions?
Let's face it, what happened in the past is irreversible and trying to reverse it against all common sense would be a fucking humanitarian crisis on a scale never seen before. Don't look down on us for something our very distant ancestors did (or never did at all, considering the majority of the US population's ancestors arrived far after colonization began on American shores). The sins of the father (or, more likely, a man that has same skin colors as the father) do not pass on to the son.
@@lye_solution It's just a home away from home...
A Stuart via Ireland and USA married to a McNeill. RIP dear one. This reminds me of Colonsay.
I wish Gaelic came back, I’m a proud Scotsman from Stirling !!!
learn it with your family, speak it in your house and in your lives. get in touch with the moray language centre, they will help you.
you're so lucky! i managed to learn a few sentences in scottish gaelic, and now found a website that teaches languages for free, they didn't have scottish but they have irish. i just feel that i can;t figure out the pronunciation.
SSC, keep listening to Scottish Gaelic music. Julie Fowlis is exceptional, but there are many others as well. As the music spreads, more and more people want to learn the language.
It's all up to you scots :)
ruclips.net/video/EBVb1zbe32k/видео.html
From her website:
I arose early on a misty morning
Hò gurie hòm ò
and I sat on the lovely hillock
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
My sweetheart came to me
We chattered about foolish things.
He failed to come when he should have
A short time before I married
the son of the mournful old man
who didn’t give me a belt, a head-dress or shoe,
who didn’t give me the head-band which is my right.
Son of the man from the winged rock
and the large island of the wild birds
I would give my promise and my word
I would swear it even if a knife were held to me
that it was to you I gave my first love.
Thank you!❤
Thnx
Medicine for the soul. Top 3 most beautiful song ever.
I see all the love for Scottish Gaelic hear and its not hard to understand the love. I remember listening to my Uncle Fergus speak English in his heavy Gaelic accent, and I could hardly understand. My Aunt Annie would translate his English for me, but I loved them both and have tried to learn some language over the years. To Julie and others keeping this alive...tapadh leibh!
Je suis africain, mais je ressens au plus profond de mon âme un attachement certain à la culture celtique, j'ai l'impression d'être vraiment moi quand j'écoute cette chanson
God bless all of the people who have someone to teach this language at their home (sorry for my bad English. Hugs from Venezuela)
You can learn it online. You will need good english though.
Has to be the best female vocalist on our planet. Even if you don't understand the words the sounds just carry you.
I like to listen to this song before I fall asleep. I can't speak gaelic (I wish I could), but I really like it. Sometimes I just try to imagine what this song is about, and my ideas depend on my feelings.
Ní leor teanga amháin, a chara ;).
You could learn it for free on Duolingo. I'm doing that right now 😅
@@FaeSparrow I thought Duolingo and other things demand payment for using it.
Or is this dependend on the language you want to learn?
@@FaeSparrow me too and I am an old ( 80) french-speaking Swiss ( we have Celtic blood too, remember the HELVETII massacred by Julius Caesar at the very beginning of his conquest of GAULE ? and I live now over 30 years in South America but I love languages and the CELTIC cultures . DUOLINGO is great but listening to the Gaelic songs on YT is even better because we have both ( generally) the Gaelic and english lyrics. so we can understand the Gaelic and understand how it is pronounced as compared to how it is spelled. a HUGE help.
There are translations online 👀 Quite sad/bittersweet
Of Irish descent ... there is nothing like an Irish woman... But a Scottish woman... Hats off to you!
Basque, Welsh and Irish descent. ❤❤
Among others.
As a Scottish woman I love this comment ❤
とても幻想的で不思議な気持ちになります❤️
スコットランドゲール語がずっと残りますように☺️
from japan 🇯🇵
Love and brotherhood to all my fellow Celts, Gaels, and Brythons out there, as unto all people of the world here brought together by beautiful music.
CROM ABÚ!!
I’m taken back in time and just imagine a mother with firery red hair singing this in a whispery tone to her new born sitting a rocking chair in a woodland cottage with snowfall outside the window like a fox in the snow with her kit
What a beautiful picture you’ve painted.
Slainte, SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
can't understand a word, but damn.. it's so beautiful.
As mongrel Scot /Irish what has happened to our ancient race that ranged across Europe since 850 B.C. our culture trashed, our people dispersed all over the world, under the U.K. we no longer exist!! Tha mi bruidhinn beagan Ghaidhlig, Mo tealach bruidhinn agus eisdeachd aun Canan nan Gaidheal These singers make me proud. Raibeart Gallgaidhealaibh
Wow, some of y’all are arguin’ (in great depth, at that) about who’s a true Scot and who ain’t while I’m just over here, a random American, trying to learn your language cause I think it’s beautiful. And I came here to listen to this song cause I like it.
Anyways.
Hi Kit,have you checked out Gaelic With Jason on You Tube,(hes à American from Maine) ,and hes glè mhath 👍
🙂🙏🏴👏👏👏
I have no words to describe how beautiful Scottish Gaelic songs are and the feelings they invoke
Our loss, probably.
The Celtic was born in me. I'm kind of related though because of Basque ancestry. This is such a beautiful song, feels like I'm soaring higher and higher like a bird ❤ Love from Argentina!
Many of us from Ireland have Basque or other Spanish roots. We have Spanish towns and dark hair, dark skinned natives thanks to Spain including my family in Belfast. Cool comment!
Basques... fascinating people! with some interesting music as well
As a clumsy Irish speaker I was just about able to figure out what the song title meant but my daughter a fluent speaker knew right away!
I just came back from a trip to Scotland and England last week and this song was playing throughout the venture. It encapsulated every moment of my holiday.
I’m not even Scottish, but Scotland became like home; although far more magical than that place. I can’t wait to go back.
The angels have descended from heaven to bring us the gift of this music, which we mere mortals barely deserve.
Maybe we do.
All be deserving. Blessed be.
Never heard anything that sounds as close to nature as this
I may not be Scottish, but I love this language and do hope it remains~
I was born in Scotland, moved to Birmingham and now live in America and somehow still consider Scotland my true. Home this song means everything to me
That is because the blood is strong. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
my home base is far is from Scotland but this type of music is so beautiful. I hope Gàidhlig will be spoken more.
🏴 🏴 🏴
I personally consider it one of my biggest crimes that I've never found this song sooner. Reminds me of rock hopping up at Clachtoll and fishing with my dad at Glenelg, and yes I'm crying.
What a beautiful song! As an Irish Gaelic speaker I'll have to admit that Scottish Gaelic sounds better. So much sweeter and softer.
Heretic. Irish is the mother tongue of Scottish Gaelic :-)
@@billnicks2362 But he is right, I always thought that as well.
@@billnicks2362 Why does that make someone a heretic? Sometimes the revised version of a language is more pleasant to the ears XD
@Patricia Reedy patricia can you not
bot of them Irish and scottish are wonderful to listen to.;
A beautiful language - my great-grandmother's from way up north. I have a nordic heart to this day. Many blessings from Australia. :-)
This is so beautifull ,I wish I could speak the Language I already started checking out the websites where they are teaching this . ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👏👏There is nothing more haunting and mysterious than the Gaelic Scottish .
I'm Spanish and I feel like at home. I feel so good listening this, at night and at morning.
Haunting. It follows me wherever I go.
I fell Truly blessed that I am an American and still can take pride in my cultural heritage. I love this music. and language.
Scots Gaelic is something that resonates with me, born into a family of Scots with my mum a Scottish mother and a Australian father.
This song is one of eleven on her album "alterum" (lower case 'a'). It might be the most beautiful song I have heard in 15 years, and I can't understand the language. Please show Ms Fowlis some appreciation and buy this album. The whole album is beautiful. Please, consider buying it. This album is worth it.
I'm Mexican, and I don´t get a thing of what the lyrics say, but I find this sublime
Same!
Its the scottish gaels your listening too ancient celtic language you can search scottish gaelic music and find loads of fantastic music and some songs have it translated into English so people can understand what they are listening too am scottish my self but my language was band and replacement of English but now so much is lost about our language and we will never have it again just like everything this world the replace it all eventually.
I'm French, and same xD
@@archiebrown3719 Thanks! :D I'll search some music.
On the other hand, I understand how you feel. Many dialects in my country are forever forgotten :( Because there's no people who speaks (or even cares) anymore.
But maybe music will help to preserve all these old languages. :3
@@vampii8033 oh so cool! :D
Belle journée pote :9
The only woman that I wish was my mother... G-d has so blessed thee...
Respect to our Celtic cousins from Alba and to all our Celtic cousins in Europe, from the Celtic Pagans of Eire. Born 1963 in Doire, I personally seen what 10 Downing Street done with our people.
We are seeds from Mother Nature, the more they bury the more we grow.
Do not forget Oliver Cromwell, nor thatcher Slainte agus Saoirse
"Our people" have done that to each other, as much as anyone else.
"Do not forget Oliver Cromwell" Why? What is his relevance today?
biodh is go bhfuil an ceart agat,is trua nar labhair tu i ngaeilge e!
And here I'm crying, the same way that I cry each time I listen to this kind of Gaelic, Scottish or Irish folk songs. If you're crying, get ready, this means that this is not just a song, it's a memory that your subconscious still remembers. These countries were home for u some time ago, maybe they're still home, for me, at least.
Slainte. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
You made me cry too, I miss Eire...
Every time
@Mya Buttreeks And what the fuck is wrong with being white. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
That happens to me too :,)
thank you. i’m trying to reconnect more with my scottish heritage and as i learn scottish gaelic, these songs are really helping me out. they’re so beautiful too.
This album and song are true works of art. Through the sound and melody, our ancestors experiences, thoughts, and prayers become available to us in the present moment.
Courtney Carlson thank you so much ! !!!!😁😁
Beautiful music wish I had me a scotsman
Wishing so much to see the Glens and Hebrides again 🙏😔😔😔so so dear to my heart.
I'm south asian and i cried listening to this song. Maybe i was scotmans in my previous life
i don't understand a word in this but it is one of the most wonderful voices iv heard in my life. it touches the soul and calms me to the core sitting i am frozen stuck on repeat
The lyrics are quite bittersweet. 😔
Don't understand any word but I do love the song ❤
pareil pour moi ! :)
Me too
I actually looked up the lyrics to it, and it's about a woman who gives her word and promise that someone she loved was her first love :)
I marked which way to read my attempt at a translation(^).
(I arose early on a misty morning
Hò gurie hòm ò
and I sat on the lovely hillock
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò)
^Dh’èirich mi moch madainn cheòthar
Hò gurie hòm ò
’s shuidh mi air a chnocan bhòidheach
Hi rim i call eile
Hò a ho hì rì
Eu rubh i a ho eu
Hò gurie hòm ò
(My sweetheart came to me
We chattered about foolish things.
He failed to come when he should have
A short time before I married
the son of the mournful old man
who didn’t give me a belt, a head-dress or shoe)
^Thàinig mo leannan am chòmhdail
Bhuail sinn air a chòmhradh ghòrach
Cha d’ thàinig e nuair bu chòir dhà
Tiota beag mun d’ rinn mi ’m pòsadh
Ri mac a bhodachain bhrònaich
Nach tug crios, neo brèid neo bròg dhomh.
Nach tug an stìom is i bu chòir dhomh
(Who didn’t give me the head-band which is my right.
Son of the man from the winged rock
and the large island of the wild birds
I would give my promise and my word
I would swear it even if a knife were held to me
that it was to you I gave my first love.)
^Mhic an fhir o’n charra sgiathach,
’S eilean mòr nan eun fiadhaich,
Bheirinn fhèin mo bhòid ’s mo bhriathran,
Mionnan ged do chùmte sgian rium,
Gur h-ann duit a thug mi ’n ciad ghaol.
La musique est magnifique.... Je suis française mais mon coeur est celte
Songs like these make me wanna move to Scotland
for those who don't know, Julie sang in the movie Brave :)
Slàinte @Julie Fowlis! Tha mi à Aimearaga agus tha thu cheòl glè brèagha! Tha Gàidhlig cho spòrsail!
Julie's voice is pure, ethereal, and transcendent. I close my eyes as I listen and feel as if I am floating on the notes. It is simply wonderful.
Been listening to gaelic music for years. Just found out though a DNA test i am 89% Scottish-Irish-British and 11% German. And I was born in Illinois. Can't wait for the day i visit Scotland and Ireland. I have a red beard and green eyes. Super rare.
There will be a pint of beer waiting for you at the bar when you come home to the old country, love from Scotland.
I am Scottish, and I am six foot one inch, I have reddish blonde hair and beard and blue eyes. I am from the Gallowglass, {Norse Gael} if you do not ken what that is google it. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
Hoffe, dass Eure wunderschöne Sprache überleben wird🤗
Love from Myanmar
I don't know why I'm so drawn to listening to music in foreign languages. However ive found that Gaelic music is especially calming and relaxing to listen to.
Your Singing Voice is Heaven Sent. Coming from a 90 percent Scot ten per cent Irish blooded man.
Since getting into my family’s genealogy I've been trying to learn Irish Gaelic and German. Super pumped to have found Julie's music!! It can help me write and keep me motivated to learn Gaelic!!
Being introduced to this beautiful culture and language has been the best thing to happen to me ❤️
I only visited Scotland overnight once, but it was enough that the land still calls to me decades later.
My daughter, who has only 3 weeks old, loves julie fowlis' songs. I use them as lullaby, bc they are so relaxing!
Your description is wonderful! Thank you for sharing it.
I always come to your songs for comfort and grounding. They really make me feel connected to my ancestors and humble my problems to just that, insignificant problems compared to the amount of hardships overcame by every person connected to my very existence.
I can't understand the words but I can feel the love expressed !
Beautiful, the blood and soul knows where home is.
Angelic 💙🏴
Scottish Gaelic is Beautiful
I forgot what this song was called - had no hope I'd ever find it again...but it found me 🥰
I have no idea what she's singing about, but I sense the feeling she conveys. I like this.
I absolutely adore this and Mz. Fowlis has a splendid voice . You make an old man weep. Sláinte
doesn't matter what I'm doing while i listen to this, it can be something as mundane as washing dishes, it will be a spiritual and emotional experience
I’ve often had difficulty finding examples of music sung in Scots Gaelic. I’m so happy to have come across this piece! It’s very wonderful.
LOVE this song. Thank you, Julie Fowlis, for continuing to create such gorgeous music. This world is better for the beauty you've brought into it!
Wunderschön. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland. ❤️
Beautiful. I wish we could recapture our native language.
The English have spent decades trying remove it, for some made language called English, children were severely punished for speaking Gaelic and believe the same in Wales!
beautiful song, but when someone without training in Scottish Gaelic, looks at the lyrics cannot comprehend like those words may turn into those sounds, it's crazy
Over a quarter of million views , the talent of this bean ceilteach shines bright
Is mise Ifan. Tha mi a 'Chuimrigh agus is toil leam Gàidhlig!
Got Scottish in my blood! Thank you Julie ❤
Lupin lll rocks I've got scotch in my blood 👍
Thank you for your music, dear Julie. Through your voice I feel even more attracted to the Gaelic language than before, although I do not understand it ... yet! Hugs from Zurich/Switzerland.
Beautiful... In a language which gies me pride, love and a sense of belonging.
Music of all languages and style are beautiful and speak to our souls.🔥🔥🔥
Mucho amor desde Colombia 🇨🇴 ésta canción suena como la felicidad pura
jajaj, que chevere un comentario colombiano, acabo de descubrir estas canciones en gaelico, son hermosas
Jeje 😅 lo lindo de internet es descubrir esas joyitas. Y lo lindo de la música es que es un sentimiento universal ❤
Julie Fowlis is filling the void Clannad and Maire Brennan did in the 80s//90s.
Its 6:22 in the morning, the gray clouds above me and the morning mist surrounding me with a cup of chocolate drink to warm me up and this music to bright my day.
Julie, you have such a lovely voice! The lyrical beauty of the Gaelic language is a perfect compliment to it. I've definitely found a new artist to get me through the work day.
Those are beautiful feathers
I have just discovered you at the same time as my North Uist family where I visited recently from Australia. I am awestruck by all these experiences. You a stunning artist.
I could listen to this repeatedly from now until the end of time. Sublime!
Madainn math agus Slàinte.