Tonight we’re going to meet some lads
Us girls are dressed up gaily.
And we’ll be dancing till the dawn
We’re going to the Ceili
The lads they come from miles around
From Ennis and Kilmaley
To show us all their fancy steps
We’re going to the Ceili
They’re playing tunes on everything
from pipes to ukulele
It sounds so good you can’t sit down
We’re dancing at the Ceili
All the boys we loved so well
So handsome, young, and charming
They’re in New York and Boston now
They should be home here farming
My own true love has sailed away
To be and endless rover
‘Cuz times are tough and he must leave
To start a new life over
He writes me letters every week to say how much he’s slavin’
And he promises that he’ll be back before the hay needs savin’
But it’s hard to love somebody that you’re not in touch with daily
So I’m looking for somebody new tonight down at the Ceili
The winter nights are long and hard and time goes by so slowly
I wish my true love he was here and in his arms I’d roll
He’d whisper tender words of love to me and kiss my lips so sweetly
And quickly I’d surrender to his manly charms completely
He writes me letters every week to say how much he’s slavin’
And he promises that he’ll be back before the hay needs savin’
But it’s hard to love somebody that you’re not in touch with daily
So I’m looking for somebody new tonight down at the Ceili
So I’m looking for somebody new tonight down at the Ceili
I hope I meet someone tonight who’ll make my heart beat fast
I handsome man with laughing eyes who smiles as he walks past
And when they play an old-time waltz he’ll twirl me ‘round the floor
And promise me that I will be his girl for evermore
His girl for evermore
His girl for evermore
And promise me that I will be his girl for evermore
I’m somewhat in a bother that is really quite alarming
I have two lads pursuing me and each of them is charming
One of them is dark and poor, one fair with lots of money
I don’t know which one to choose, the flower or the honey
What on Earth am I to do it’s driving me half crazy
Tonight I’ll make my mind up when I see them at the Ceili
To be a poor man’s wife will be a life of washin’ dishes
While a rich mans wife will surely have great luxury and riches
In comfort how I know it wouldn’t be to hard to wallow
And being poor is not much fun. Which one should I follow?
What on Earth am I to do it’s driving me half crazy
Tonight I’ll make my mind up when I see them at the Ceili
I’ve been lucky I’ve found a lad whose handsome and a neighbor
And me I’ve meet a decent man whose friendship I will savor
And me I’ve made my choice as well and in no way was it easy (Note: pronounced aisy)
But I’d rather have a man for love than be a rich mans lady
And that is how the story ends, may true love never fail me
We got ourselves three men tonight and we met them at the Ceili
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I loved Lisa's, Meav Ni's, and Orla's rendition of At The Ceili. X3
(pronounced 'kay-lee' X3)
It's so much fun and it's interesting! X3
Plus it obviously sounds wonderful. rolleyes
Come on, bishes. I have good taste in music, the way I see it. XD
Hee hee. XD
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High is the moon tonight (ya da da da yada da da da)
Hiding it's guiding light, high
Heaven and earth do sleep
Still in the dark so deep
I will the darkness sweep
ya da da da da da da....
I will the moon to flight
I will the heaven's bright
I will the earth to light
Open your eyes with me
See paradise with me
Awake and arise with
ya da da da da da.....
I am the dawn I'm the new day begun
I bring you the morning I bring you the sun
I hold back the night and I open the skies
I give light to the world I give sight to your eyes
From the first of all time, until time is undone
Forever and ever and ever and ever
And I am the dawn and the sky and the sun
I am one with the one and I am the dawn
Now let the day begin
Now every dancer spin
Step in and step out again
ya da da da da da da
Let every bell to ring
Trumpet and violin
Let every chorus sing
ya da da da da da da .....
I am the dawn I'm the new day begun
I bring you the morning I bring you the sun
I hold back the night and I open the skies
I give light to the world I give sight to your eyes
From the first of all time, until time is undone
Forever and ever and ever and ever
And I am the dawn and the sky and the sun
I am one with the one and I am the dawn
Instrumental
I am the sky and the dawn and the sun
I am the sky and the new day begun
I am the sky and the dawn and the sun
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The Sky The Dawn and The Sun. X3
Lovely song.
There was one that was totally in Gaelic that was sung by Meav Ni, but I don't know what it was called. Dulaman, I think. @_@;
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A 'nion mhin o, sin a**l na fir shuiri
A mhaitharin mhin o, cuir na roithlean
Go dti me
Chorus
Dulaman na binne bui, dulaman
Gaelach
Dulaman na farraige, b'fhearr a bhi in
Eirinn
Ta ceann bul oir ar an dulaman gaelach
Ta dha chluais mhaol ar an dulaman maorach
Brogan breaca dubha at an dulaman gaelach
Ta bearead agus trius ar an dulaman maorach
Goide a thus na tire thu? Arsa an dulaman gaelach
Ag suiri le do 'nion arsa an dulaman maorach
Rachaimid chun Niuir leis an dulaman gaelach
Ceannoimid brogan daroa ar an dulaman maorach
O chuir me sceala chuici, go gceannoinn coir di
'Se'n scea; a chuir si chigam, go raibh a ceann ciortha
Ca bhfaigheann tu mo 'nion, arsa an dulaman gaelach
Bheul, fundoidh me liom i, arsa an dulaman maorach
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Yeah... Dulaman. @_@; XD
 Sakura Moonflower · Tue Apr 03, 2007 @ 07:18am · 0 Comments |
