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This is medieval Irish text set to music by Michael McGlynn. It appears on Anúna’s 1993 album Anúna.
This song contains verses from the Duanaire Finn, a seventeenth century book of miscellaneous poems collected by Aodh Ó Dochartaigh.
Dirgidh bhar sleagha sealga Lé a ngonmaois fearba fíre Dirgidh bhar sleagha sealga Mar do bhámar re gaiseadh Ní dhénmaois aistear aoíne Dirgidh bhar sleagha sealga
Seólaidh bhar mbolcca corra Go borraibh loma lochlainn...
Lé bhar gcraoísreachoibh go ndaígne Ro gonsam Ráighni roscmall Dirgidh bhar sleagha sealga Mar do bhámar re gaiseadh Ní dhénmaois aistear aoíne Dirgidh bhar sleagha sealga
Raise up your hunting spear With which we injured the white deer Raise up your hunting spear When we were at war We did not fast on our journey Raise up your hunting spear
Sail the round hulls of your ships To the barren lands of Lochlainn...
With our great lances We killed slow Raighne Raise up your hunting spear When we were at war We did not fast on our journey Raise up your hunting spear
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