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Do Chuirfinnse F​é​in (I Myself Would Put)

from Suantraighe, A Collection of Celtic Lullabies by Caera

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I first heard this on Cormac de Barra’s album, “Barcó”. Cormac and his brother and uncle do a great job with it, but I wanted to hear it in a woman’s voice too. Again, I wanted to trace it to its source if I could. It does appear in _Amhráin Mhuighe Seóla_, like track 6 in this album, but the words can be traced back further. I found four verses in _The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland_, with the Irish modernized and edited by another award-winning sean nos singer and scholar, Lillis Ó Laoire.

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Do chuirfinnse féin mo leanbh a chodladh
Is ní mar do chuirfeadh mná na mbodach
Faoi shúisín bhuí ná a mbraillín bharraigh
Ach i gcliabhán óir is an ghaoth á bhogadh

Do chuirfinnse féin mo leanbh a chodladh
Lá breá gréine idir dhá Nollaig
I gcliabhán óir ar úrlár shocair
Faoi bharra na gcraobh is an ghaoth á bhogadh

Codail a linbh is chodladh slán duit
Is as do chodladh go dtugair tú do shláinte.
Nár bhuaile treighid ná greim an bháis tú,
Galar na leanbh, ná’n bholgach ghránna.

Codail a linbh is chodladh slán duit
Is as do chodladh go dtugair do shláinte
As do smaointe do chroí nár chráitear
Is nár ba bean gan mac do mháthair

Curfá:
Seo hín seó, huil leó leó
Seo hín seó, is tú mo leanbh
Seo hín seó, huil leó leó
Seo hín seó is as tú mo leanbh

Translation:
I would put my own child to sleep
And not in the way of wives of louts
Under a yellow blanket or a sheet of tow
But in a golden cradle and the wind rocking it

I would put my own child to sleep
One bright day between two Decembers
In a golden cradle on a quiet floor
Under the branches of trees, and the wind rocking it

Sleep child, and sleep safe
And may your sleep bring you health
May colic and death not strike you
Nor childhood disease nor ugly smallpox

Sleep child, and sleep safe
And may your sleep bring you health
May your deep thoughts not torment your heart
And may your mother not be a sonless woman

Chorus:
Sho heen sho, il lo lo
Sho heen sho, and you are my child
Sho heen sho, il lo lo
Sho heen sho, and you are my child

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from Suantraighe, A Collection of Celtic Lullabies, released November 1, 2006
Traditional Irish Lullaby

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Caera Seattle, Washington

From haunting Celtic lullabies, through laments of intense grief and pain, to songs of healing and hope, Caera’s music always contains an authenticity that can be hard to find in today’s music, or even in today’s world in general. Powerful soprano vocals blend with the bell-like tones of her brass-strung Gaelic harp to create music that carries people through life, dreaming or fully awake. ... more

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