Ethereal Celtic vocalist Méav first rose to prominence as a featured soprano soloist with the choral group Anuna, which was featured in several of the biggest productions of Riverdance. In addition to extensive touring with Anuna, Méav also performed on several occasions with the Irish National Chamber and Concert Orchestras. That varied background was reflected on Méav's self-titled debut album, released in 2000 by the Hearts of Space label; it featured both traditional Celtic songs and classical-style pieces, plus chiefly orchestral arrangements and a dramatic new age sensibility. 2003's Silver Sea and 2006's Celtic Journey and Celtic Woman, Rovi
The words are by the Irish poet Padraic Colum set to a traditional Gaelic air. Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival. He also collected Irish folk songs, including the famous "She Moved Through the Fair", for which Colum wrote most of the words, with the musicologist Herbert Hughes.
My young love said to me
My mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you
For your lack of kind.
And she stepped away from me
And this she did say
"Oh, it will not be long love
'Til our wedding day".
She stepped away from me
And she moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her
Move here and move there.
And she made her way onward
With one star awake
As the swan in the evening
Moves over the lake.
Last night she came to me
She came softly in
So softly she came
Her feet made no din.
And she laid her hand on me
And this she did say
"It will not be long love
'Til our wedding day"
Celtic Woman (Méav Ní Mhaolchatha)- Dúlamán [A New Journey - Live at Slane Castle, 2007] Dulaman The vocals describe a conversation between two seaweed collectors. Dúlamán Gaelach has a beautiful daughter whom Dúlamán Maorach wishes to marry. Gaelach is not excited at the idea of having Maorach as a son-in-law, but Maorach elopes with his daughter anyway.
Oh gentle daughter, here come the wooing men
Oh gentle mother, put the wheels in motion for me
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the ocean, the best in all of Ireland
There is a yellow gold head on the Gaelic seaweed
There are two blunt ears on the stately seaweed
The Irish seaweed has beautiful black shoes
The stately seaweed has a beret and trousers
What are you doing here?" says the Irish seaweed
At courting with your daughter," says the stately seaweed
I would go to Niúir with the Irish seaweed
"I would buy expensive shoes," said the Irish seaweed
I spent time telling her the story that I would buy a comb for her
The story she told back to me, that she is well-groomed
"Oh where are you taking my daughter?" says the Irish seaweed
"Well, I'd take her with me," says the stately seaweed
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best
Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the ocean, the best, the best
The best in all of Ireland
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