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AN SCEILPIN DRAIGHNEACH: Inthe transcription of An Sceilpin Draighneachgiven here we have tried toconvey some idea of the elaborate ornamentationused by Darach b Cathain.This version is, in fact, derived fromthree recordings made over a period ofsome years. There are numerous instancesin which he varied the grace notes inwhich cases the version given is the onemost frequently used (in 3 recordings at4 verses per recording). In some furthercases the grace notes were so fast andelusive that we just could not pin themdown.We have not given a time signature,but have included bar-lines to showwhere the two main stresses fall in eachline; the sign // indicates the traditionalphrasing usually favoured. But, ofcourse, no transcription can capture thefull excitement and complexity ofDarach's singingAN SCEILPIN DRAIGHNEACH: Seoan leagan a bhiodh a chasadh ag Darachb Cathain. Ta an droch-sceal cloisteag ainn , - direach agus muid ar t{ duIi gcl6 - go bhfUil Darach marbh. Solasna bhFlaitheas go raibh ag a anam uasal.Beidh alt faoi ins an chead eagran eile .Ta leagan eile den arnhran seo ag TreasaNi Mhiollain.CARNANDAISY: Also known as 'Toall Intended Emigrants' this is one ofthe several fme songs from The LoughShore in County Tyrone that GeordieHanna - God rest his soul - sang andpopularised over the past twenty yearsor more.AN SCEILPiN DRAIGHNEACHAgus mai-din chiuin dhar eir-los is a-mach faoi bharr na gcoill-teAn-siud is ea buaileadh an saighead liom is mo leigh-eas ni raibh le fail'-gur dhearc me an bhruin-eall mheidheartha fao( bhruach na scei-theAgus gheit mo chroi le meidhir ai-ci is dheamhan ar ei-righ liom i fhail.AN SCEILPlN DRAIGHNEACHAgus maidin chiuin dhlir eiriosIs amach faoi bharr na gcoillteAnsiud is ea buaileadh an saighead liomIs mo leigheas ni raibh le failN6 gur dhearc me an bhruinneall mheidhearthaFaoi bhruach na sceithe draighneAgus gheit mo chroi le meidhir aiciIs dheamhan ar eirigh liom i fhail.Is nach trua gan me in mo sm6ilinIs nach leanfainn thrid an r6d thuMar gur tusa blath na h6igeA tl).6gfadh suas mo chroiMar go mbeinn ag seinm cheoil dhuitb mhaidin go trathn6naIs gur le ceiliur binn do ghl6rthaThur me m6r-ghean do mhnaoi.Agus buachaill me ata aon(t)raicIs ni bheidh me i bhfad ma fheadairnGo siulfaidh me na reigiuinIs as sin dhon tir anonnb Chorcaigh go Beann EadairIs 6 Bhaile Atha Cliath 'na dhiaidh sinIs go Droichead Bhaile 'n tshlibheN6 go Beal an Ath' siar.Muise rachaidh me ma fheadairnGo Meiricea i dtus an tseasuirIns an ait nach mbeidh mo ghaoltaAr aon taobh na a' tiocht romhamIs ni fhillfidh me ar m'ais go hEirinnN6 go labharfaidh an chuach sa nGeirnhreadrIs go mbeidh caislean ag mo mhuintirIs e bheith deanta ar bhruach an chuain.