Lughaidh wrote:
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I'm working on learning this song, and I've never encountered the word "faoilí" before. Is it the vocative of "faoileann," or perhaps a regional variation?
actually I'm not even sure it's a real word... it sounds like "óró" or "hi hoiribh o" and all these syllables that are used in choruses but that don't mean anything.
When I first heard the song, I thought I was hearing "a mhuirnín dílis éalaigh liom," and it wasn't until the second or third listen that I realised the final syllable is "ó." (And now, looking at their mouths, it's clear it's "ó").
FGB does have "faoileann" as "fair maiden," but not "faoilí." But wouldn't Ulster speakers pronounce that closer to "FWEEL-un?" The initial sound on the CD is definitely "ay" as in "way."
Here's a recording of them singing the song (I posted it the other day, but makes sense to post it again in the context of this thread):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVIfvHktBkRedwolf