Shaddow and Briar are in the pub having a lesson, so I've been working on this:

( Lyrics cut )

It's astounding to me that 'An Raibh tú ag an gCarraig' is proving simpler to learn than 'Bean Pháidín'. 'Bean Pháidín' is mostly repetition. The dodgiest bit about 'An Raibh tú ag an gCarraig' is its key. Well, at least the key that Susan McKeown has chosen is dodgy. It's high at the one end and rather low at the other. However, it's séan-nos, ( Read more... )