Mo Ghile Mear (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins

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Mo Ghile Mear (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins
MY LINKS: linktr.ee/Sethswatkinsmusic
This traditional Irish song was written by 18th-century poet Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, to honor Prince Charles Stewart (“Bonnie Prince Charlie”), and lament his loss and subsequent flight at the Battle of Culloden, Scotland and has been iterated on many times. I am singing the popular version from the UCD Choral Scholars. Original lyrics in Irish are on the screen and the English translation is down below. I am not a native Irish speaker but I do my best to listen, learn, and imitate as best I can. Enjoy and happy St. Patrick's Day!
Photo: Poulnabrone
Bodhran Backing Track: David Whelan (‪@irishbanjolessons‬)
Translation:
Chorus
My dashing darling is my hero
My dashing darling is my Caesar
I have had neither sleep nor good fortune
Since my dashing darling went far away
Verse 1:
I am perpetually worried every day
Wailing heavily and shedding tears
Since my lively boy was released from me
And there is no word of him, alas
Verse 2:
The pleasure of the cheerful cuckoo at noon is gone
The affable nobility are not bothered with sport
The learned and the cultured are worried and sad
Since the lively lad was taken from me
Verse 3:
He is like Young Aonghus
Like Lughaidh Mac Chéin of the great blows
Like Cú Raoi, great son of Dáire of the gold
Leader of Éire strong in pursuit
Verse 4:
Like Conall Cearnach who breached defences
Like worthy fair haired Feargas Mac Róigh
Like Conchubhar venerable son of Nás of the tradition
The pleasant chieftain of the musical [Fenian] Branch

Пікірлер: 129

@eggyolked108 7 ай бұрын

Im a son of Italian immigrants born in Montreal Quebec and I don't know why I absolutely love everything Irish especially this type of music and singing. Glory to God may he bless you abundantly. Ave Maria.

@plasmastorm11 7 ай бұрын

Welcome brother from across the waves

@user-ps6of7fj7d 5 ай бұрын

ايرلندا العناد و الحريه و التفرد 😂

@eggyolked108 5 ай бұрын

@@user-ps6of7fj7d ւըըրիիգտգ Հգյյպօծծ 🤡

@MrVonkliest 4 ай бұрын

Because you’ve been conditioned to not be proud of who you are, so you feel the need to identify with a group that society says it’s acceptable to be proud of.

@eggyolked108 4 ай бұрын

@@MrVonkliest that's false. I love my Italian heritage and I find we have a lot in common with the Irish people. There has been no conditioning whatsoever. 😁👌

@tabularasa_br Жыл бұрын

Happy St. Patrick's Day, y'all! Love Ireland from Brazil ☘️🇮🇪

@menyou1443 Жыл бұрын

Same to you! Much love from a suburb of Detroit… 💚🍀☘️

@lughiee Жыл бұрын

Same to you ❤🇮🇪

@marcanthony8475 Жыл бұрын

If only you understood.... st paddy isn't a joyous event to the irish..

@tabularasa_br Жыл бұрын

@@marcanthony8475 would you mind explaining? If one does not understand, the best option is always clearing things up

@marcanthony8475 Жыл бұрын

@@tabularasa_br it doesn't actually represent their culture. People only see us as drunks or just heavy drinkers. There are some but not all drink. The day no longer represents what it was intended for. I apologize if I upset anyone.

@ColmRMcGuinness Жыл бұрын

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

@persianprince6213 Жыл бұрын

Happy Saint Patrick's day Lads!

@persianprince6213 Жыл бұрын

@@sethstatonwatkins So when is the collab? 😉

@persianprince6213 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best Irish military songs!

@amplevelvet5763 Жыл бұрын

Your best song so far! You pronounced it nearly perfectly.

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@lughiee Жыл бұрын

@@sethstatonwatkins like I said Seth I honestly would think you're Irish with how you pronounce irish well

@danielofinan5071 11 ай бұрын

Nearly? Guy nailed it.

@MrVonkliest 4 ай бұрын

I want to like this but you have 69 likes. I can’t bring myself to change that

@Fpstup 8 күн бұрын

Came here to say that, beautiful pronunciation, well done.

@OMARANT100 Жыл бұрын

Always good stuff, Seth. The bodhran is an underrated instrument, and I always love when it starts in this song.

@connorwheatley5640 5 ай бұрын

Great song. Really hammers home how close the ties between Ireland and Scotland were until Culloden and the Boyne.

@Kyerishrose Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard this song many times. You did a great job on those tricky words and lyrics. Keep singing!

@FoxfirePoet Жыл бұрын

You never disappoint, Seth. I honestly can't think of a way to put it more succinctly than that. Just damned well done.

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@persianprince6213 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful voice, on a beautiful tune, for a beautiful day! 🎉🎉🎉

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Slainte!

@Rrss369 Жыл бұрын

What a great surprise!!!! Happy St Patrick’s day!

@photofreak56 Жыл бұрын

Oh God this made me cry this was dad's fav..favorite... I miss you dad I love you

@menyou1443 Жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry💚💚💚 I’m grieving too on SPD. My uncle died in an ATV accident almost two years ago and would have been 60. Full on Irish man and LOVED St. Patrick’s Day so much… he never hesitated to celebrate. I’m missing him a lot. It just doesn’t feel the same with a broken heart, does it? But you know, the original Irish meaning of the holiday is faith-they celebrate their faith, what it means to them, and what it took to get that faith, and defend that faith… if anyone understands grief, it is Ireland, and her people who also often spare a thought (underneath the whiskey layers) for all of their losses and all of the lives that were poured into their right to share and celebrate this faith… there’s so much left to do but we have come so far… If you do grieve on this day, it’s absolutely alright, and in line with Irish tradition! Think about all the grief that brought this holiday to be…

@celtichistory Жыл бұрын

Gonna be singing this while doing my Irish homework tomorrow now.

@trincywalker7497 Жыл бұрын

😂 I love this song so much. This is one of my favorites for sooo many years. But the pronounceation is sending chills down my spine. Great job.

@RoyalElvenGuard4713 7 ай бұрын

This is the absolute top tier best version of this song. Perfectly paced, has emotion without long notes held or too much change in pitch or long spaces. It’s the best version to use as a lullaby

@zachgeorge98 7 ай бұрын

yep most def

@hugemusiclover1837 Жыл бұрын

You did not!!! Thank you so much❤❤❤ I have this giant grin on my face right now and I think it's gonna be there for the rest of the day😊😊

@charliechaplin4677 Жыл бұрын

Love this guy he's great

@clowkey1747 Жыл бұрын

Happy St. Paddy’s! ☘️ Much love from Berlin!

@memine510 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the song Seth and happy St. Patrick's day to you too.

@Danawesomy567 Жыл бұрын

Wow, Gaelic is such a pretty language, and the song itself, is really pretty. Nicely done.

@emregungor1248 Жыл бұрын

I stayed in a hotel where bonnie Prince Charlie and his men stayed up in the Peak District Derbyshire the room one away from mine was his

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Very cool

@menyou1443 Жыл бұрын

Happy Easter, friends who celebrate… this one’s a really rough one but we’re making it. Hope you have a wonderful day and feel loved.

@persianprince6213 Жыл бұрын

Yes hiting the first again!

@kingtwinkie3035 Жыл бұрын

My favorite holiday

@opalescent-diamondstronghe4966 Жыл бұрын

I love this song.

@danishranger4392 Жыл бұрын

Love your songs and am so happy to have found you here😊I always get a little giddy when I see you've uploaded a new song.

@tx.polecat Жыл бұрын

My grandfather's favorite, thank you for this rendition. Most excellently done for St. Patrick's day!

@julienamand4472 Жыл бұрын

Is aoibhinn liom an t-amhrán sinagus tá do chuid gaeilge an-mhaith ! I love that song and your Irish is really good !

@mrward6510 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for promoting the Irish language

@menyou1443 Жыл бұрын

I try to promote and praise Irish too! I wish it were more spoken and I will make every effort to learn and speak it. One song that could do that I have previously (last year) asked for: the Irish Gaelic version of Africa… this vibe but a little bigger. With all the instruments, I actually think that Cullen Vance would make that all it needs to be…

@Skyebright1 Жыл бұрын

@@menyou1443 TG Lurgan have done Africa in Irish

@menyou1443 Жыл бұрын

@@Skyebright1 fair, although I do want to win this cover raffle someday, with my six entries… doubt it will happen for my birthday tomorrow (May 15th) but I can pretend.

@robertstone9150 Жыл бұрын

Great song cover, Happy St. Patrick's day and long live Ireland.

@menyou1443 Жыл бұрын

26+6=1!!!

@bellerain381 11 ай бұрын

This brought tears to my eyes! 🥹 Thank you!!

@sethstatonwatkins 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ChristianPapa777 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@Amie.K_2024 Жыл бұрын

Wow… thank you ❤️❤️❤️

@LTGhostTaskForce141 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Irish songs.

@Burkiej321 Ай бұрын

Thank you for having the lyrics!

@KingsNeverDie100 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@trajan74 Жыл бұрын

Next "Wander My Friends" from Battlestar Galactica. It's much the same feel as this beauty.

@marchingforward2056 Жыл бұрын

Love it!!!!

@trommnorse Жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@odonnell1218 Жыл бұрын

A blessed Feast of St. Patrick!

@kingalone3756 Жыл бұрын

Thank you haven't heard this since the 20s when mother used to sing

@gretadoucet8551 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful.... Just beautiful

@wenzy9259 3 ай бұрын

I hope to learn this song as well as you sing it one day. Thank you for singing this.

@_TheTacticalGamer Жыл бұрын

Sing it so beautiful 😢

@GolfLad2023 Жыл бұрын

Angelic voice and pipes 🇮🇪🎤

@cathyburkart9395 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful. Wish I was in a pub on a rainy Sunday in Connemara...m

@trincywalker7497 4 ай бұрын

This was my first Longest Johns song. This is what you get when you get the bard,druid, and wizard drunk in your party. Then they make a song that casts a magic spell that you don't want free from.😂

@arianebrathe8543 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful 🥰 thank you

@drewc981 Жыл бұрын

Maith thú Seth! As a new Irish learner myself I know this isn't an easy song to sing. The 'Gh' and "Dh" sounds are tricky!

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@menyou1443 Жыл бұрын

V… more oft than not it’s always V…

@quinnwilliams7130 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic song! Are you going to post it to Spotify?

@sethstatonwatkins 8 ай бұрын

Comes out in a week!

@edvinvestergren1319 Жыл бұрын

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona duit buachaill!/Happy St Patrick's day lad!

@loganharmon2697 Жыл бұрын

Love your music man. Have you done a cover of mcalpine's fusiliers?

@LilianAngel Жыл бұрын

☘☘☘

@user-mf3qw9me9l Жыл бұрын

Saint Patty's every day over here in Victoria Australia.

@ThePrimaDonna21 3 ай бұрын

Mile buiachas for adding the irish lyrics 💚

@emmaryan695 Жыл бұрын

🎉

@instigatorobearga Жыл бұрын

Go an mhaith ar fad, Níl ach cúpla focal mícheart agat, ach cothrom na féinne. Is breá liom é.

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Any in particular that really stick out?

@danielh3580 Жыл бұрын

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

@jamesmills2491 Жыл бұрын

You should do Ireland by Garth Brooks!!

@FaziahAddala-jl1ff 5 ай бұрын

Great❤DEAR SETH ❤ LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤

@tylernorha Жыл бұрын

SKÅL Seth!!!!!

@loyalsandman 11 ай бұрын

I love it when the Irish try to take credit for this song. There are those of us who know this is a Jacobite song that was very slightly altered. It's about prince Charles. The R was trilled back then too. No hate, good recording.

@WookJnr 7 ай бұрын

No... This is an Irish Jacobite song created in 1746 by Seán Mac Domhnaill following the battle of Culloden and the failure of the jacobite revellion. I dont know where you got the idea this is not an original song but your wrong.

@loyalsandman 7 ай бұрын

@WookJnr it's what we call a cover. The original lyrics are in Scottish gaelic. Also, gaelic is Scottish, not irish. Ask anyone in irland.

@WookJnr 7 ай бұрын

@@loyalsandman Firstly, do you have proof of the original lyrics being written in Scotland? Secondly Gaelic literally comes from the Ireland "Gaelic" clans who originated from IRELAND. I dont know what you scots call it over there but the correct terms are Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic. We invaded yous and spread our language and cultures, hence your language.

@MrVonkliest 4 ай бұрын

@@WookJnrAh. The original colonizers.

@WookJnr 3 ай бұрын

@@MrVonkliest I know you aint talking...

@duncankelcey9281 Жыл бұрын

you ever take a lookj at Bear McReary's "Wander My Friends" from BSG? i think your voice would suit it perfectly

@Skyebright1 Жыл бұрын

Yes please!

@lughiee Жыл бұрын

Happy St Paddy's Day

@theomnisthour6400 29 күн бұрын

God loves you, lad! Your dad is coming home to free all the people of the Blessed Isles!

@mykaelboykin4905 Жыл бұрын

Have you thought of doing a version of "skibbereen" or "the soldiers song"? just learned about them on Davy holden's channel where he talked about some of Ireland's best rebel songs. Highly recommend checking him out

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Love Davy, definitely on my list!

@spencermurphy5796 Жыл бұрын

Could you do a rendition of Will Ye No Come Back Again and Waltzing Matilda ?

@nickshinault3712 5 ай бұрын

Tá sé seo an-álainn! (this is very beautiful! Gaeligh) Well done. How do you work on the pronunciation of the Gaelic language?

@recording_closet9100 Жыл бұрын

you should cover washington bullets by the clash

@persianprince6213 Жыл бұрын

First!

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@2_protects_the_1 Жыл бұрын

@gerardfriel5354 Жыл бұрын

Hah, admit it, you had very good coaching from a fluent Irish speaker on your pronunciation! Really well done, flawless job. Now, when on earth are you going to cover "Back Home in Derry" for us?