> Can anyone translate the title of this tune for me, please?
X:677
T:Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
S:Eilean Fraoich, 1982
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
FA A2 BA A2 | FF F2 FF E2 | FA A2 BA A2 | FFFD E2 D2 :|
FFAA d2 dd | =c2 cc d2 d2 | FFAA d2 dd | FFFD E2 D2 :|]
> Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
> Ar-i-ar-o-ar-i
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Nigel Gatherer wrote:
> Can anyone translate the title of this tune for me, please?
>
> X:677
> T:Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
Bodachan = Little Old Man with connotations of distate.
The rest are vocables.
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<< Should have been "caorach".>>
Oh! Caorach is the plural of sheep. One sheep is caoirich.
Sorry, this is probably too late for your workshop tonight! Gaelic is a
challenge, but I do appreciate the fact that the spelling rules are
simpler. Well, more consistent at least. :-D
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Hi Nigel,
A bodach is an old man, generally someone from the countryside. An old
farmer, for example, might be a bodach. Add the -an to the end, and you
have a small old man. (I learned this word because it describes my dad
pretty well.)
Ariaro is a challenge. It doesn't look Gaelic. For one
Can anyone translate the title of this tune for me, please?
X:677
T:Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
S:Eilean Fraoich, 1982
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
FA A2 BA A2 | FF F2 FF E2 | FA A2 BA A2 | FFFD E2 D2 :|
FFAA d2 dd | =c2 cc d2 d2 | FFAA d2 dd | FFFD E2 D2 :|]
Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
Ar-i-ar-o-ar-i-ar-o
A long time ago, Nigel wrote:
> A couple more tunes from The Wick Scottish Country Dance Band - I
> wonder if anyone can decipher the Gaelic for me? Addie Harper's
> Hawaiian guitar has to be heard to be believed! He plays a mean tenor
> banjo
>
> X:320
> T:Innis Dhombs' Ca'l Cadal
> D:Wick S.C.D
Jack Campin wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Nigel Gatherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > A couple more tunes from The Wick Scottish Country Dance Band - I
> > wonder if anyone can decipher the Gaelic for me?...
> ...you are talking about *Addie Harper* there. As I understand it,
>
A couple more tunes from The Wick Scottish Country Dance Band - I
wonder if anyone can decipher the Gaelic for me? Addie Harper's
Hawaiian guitar has to be heard to be believed! He plays a mean tenor
banjo
X:320
T:Innis Dhombs' Ca'l Cadal
D:Wick S.C.D., The Sound of the North (1970)
O:Scotland
Z:
