“Samhradh, Samhradh”, an ancient Gaelic Beltane song, 'bringing the summer in' (here's the Gaelic and English lyrics): Gaeilge (Irish) Bábóg na Bealtaine, maighdean an tSamhraidh, Suas gach cnoc is síos gach gleann, Cailíní maiseacha bán-gheala gléasta, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Samhradh, samhradh, bainne na ngamhna, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Samhradh buí na nóinín glégeal, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Thugamar linn é ón gcoill chraobhaigh, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Samhradh buí ó luí na gréine, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Samhradh, samhradh, bainne na ngamhna, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Samhradh buí na nóinín glégeal, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Tá an fhuiseog ag seinm ‘sag luascadh sna spéartha, Áthas do lá is bláth ar chrann. Tá an chuach is an fhuiseog ag seinm le pléisiúr, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Samhradh, samhradh, bainne na ngamhna, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Samhradh buí na nóinín glégeal, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. -------------------------------- Foghraíocht (Phonetics) Baw-bog na Bal-tin-a, my-jin on Tau-ree Soo-us gokh kruk iss she-os gokh glan, Col-yeen-ee my-shokh go gyal-guy-rokh glayas-ta, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Sa-u-roo, Sau-roo, bon-ya na nyow-na, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Sa-u-roo bwee na no-ih-neen glay-gyal, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Hug-a-mar lin ay oo-n gill khreev-ee, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Sa-u-roo bwee o lee na grayn-ya, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Sa-u-roo, Sau-roo, bon-ya na nyow-na, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Sa-u-roo bwe-e na no-ih-neen glay-gyal, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Taw on ish-yog eg shen-yim seg loos-coo sna spayr-ha, Aw-hus duh law iss bl-aw air khran. Taw on khooikh iss on ish-yog eg shen-yim le play-zhure, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Sa-u-roo, Sau-roo, bon-ya na nyow-na, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. Sa-u-roo bwe-e na no-ih-neen glay-gyal, Hug-a-mar hayn on Sau-roo lin. -------------------------------- Béarla (English) Mayday doll, maiden of Summer Up every hill and down every glen, Beautiful girls, radiant and shining, We have brought the Summer in. Summer, Summer, milk of the calves, We have brought the Summer in. Yellow summer of clear bright daisies, We have brought the Summer in. We brought it in from the leafy woods, We have brought the Summer in. Yellow Summer from the time of the sunset, We have brought the Summer in. Summer, Summer, milk of the calves, We have brought the Summer in. Yellow summer of clear bright daisies, We have brought the Summer in. The lark is singing and swinging around in the skies, Joy for the day and the flower on the trees. The cuckoo and the lark are singing with pleasure, We have brought the Summer in. Summer, Summer, milk of the calves, We have brought the Summer in. Yellow summer of clear bright daisies, We have brought the Summer in.

The great and wonderful singer Seán OShea was our school teacher. The school feile every year we sang this song as a boys choir. My age at that time was between 7 and 11. I’m now nearer 70 it still pulls at strings.

Simply superb. I drift back to my youthful days in Donegal when I ran free as a young child around my fathers farm. Alas they are a faded memory now as I now live in Camden Town London now for over fifty years. Still nice to go back there in my memory whilst listening to this beautiful music.

Easily one of the most beautiful songs in the world.

My grandad passed away around two years ago and we had an exhibition of his work instead of a funeral and this song played and it reminds me of his beautiful garden and his love for nature.

Excellent!!! 🤩🤩

I have been living in Ireland for a few years now, but actually I discovered this band through an Italian website. Still, they are seriously underappreciated, this album is a little gem, one of the best rainy-day-records that I can think of.

It was so beautiful I thought my heart would burst. And I didn't understand a word of it.

I'm blown away. Simply beautiful music that makes one glad to be alive.

My father who came from Mallow in County Cork would have loved this and interpreted the words for me - sadly he passed away just over twelve months ago... This is a magical piece of music... Thankyou.

Iarla O Lionaird's voice is as soulful as you will ever hear.

I can't stop listening. Thank you. Best medicine ever.

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, labhraíonn le m'anam🤍🤍🤍

The sound of the violin makes the heart shake

Heard this on Desert Island Discs, thank goodness I have found it, no idea of how to spell their name, shame on me I know this is so beautiful

Good heavens. Sweetly now. Please come to America.

My heart is melting ... this is incredibly beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing!

I am extremely moved by The Gloamings interpretation of this old song , I look forward to playing it on May day.

Every time I hear this version of the song I just melt. Go hálainn!

This song fills your heart with warmth and joy, transports you to a simpler life in the ancient countryside of Erin's green isle and lifts your soul onto a higher plane. Iarla's a unique talent, and his amazing, magical and stirring voice is, in my humble opinion, the most efficacious medicine against everything that's wrong with this modern world.

I had great great grandfather from Cork....just lovely!

Summer, summer, the calves milk We brought the summer with us Yellow daisies Summer glégeal We brought the summer with us We brought it from leafy woods We brought the summer with us Yellow summer from sunset We brought the summer with us Summer, summer, the calves milk We brought the summer with us Yellow daisies Summer glégeal We brought the summer with us The lark playing 'sag swinging in the skies Pleased to day flower tree The cuckoo is the lark singing with joy We brought the summer with us Summer, summer, the calves milk We brought the summer with us Yellow daisies Summer glégeal We brought the summer with us

Stunningly beautiful

This is most magical.

Samhain touched the bow of Martin Hayes and granted him a gift of mastery upon the fiddle

This is lovely! Will set this to Clarsach 💕🎶

Had the radio on in bed last night and this came on, such a beautiful take of such a beautiful song, is teanga álainn, beo é an ghaeilge

Bottled happiness.

LEGENDARY

what a fantastic song full of emotion

pure and simple without complications ...just magical in it's purest essence and form that transcends to effortless ! ta' se' go halainn agus amhran go hiontach !

This was so wonderful. Beautiful music!!!! Thank you for sharing.

Ahhhh, pure magic.

A beautifully evocative celebration of the joyous arrival of Summer. Ta an amhran Gaelach seo go h-iontach. This Irish song is wonderful.

My friend and work colleague Lindy Wilson knew you guys he claim to fame was she went to dinner in one of the bands houses dunno who but when I hear this song I think of her RIP lindy Wilson

An absolute treat to listen too... Beautiful!

Beautiful rendition of a song with such a happy tone that invokes some of my happiest memories. Bail ó Dhia ort

Beautiful just love it. I know what my hubby will be getting me for mothers day....

Absolutely wonderful!

I'm enchanted. This is so beautiful and gorgeous.

Absolutely Beautiful

Blessed Beltaine🌸🌾🪴

Met all the lads in Hamburg, a few years back, just a treasure and great NYC Pianist!!!!, Keep the Language growing in the Gloaming :)

fantastic show in London last night. Thank you so much,guys

absolutely beautiful

God how this lifts my heart

.Brilliant, Thank you.

lovely setting of a great song - wish I'd discovered this group earlier.

This song is so beautiful!

Bealtaine Songs Posted on March 25, 2010 by tressabelle Standard This first song, Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn, is the only traditional Irish Bealtaine song I’ve been able to find. It is on four recordings that I know of; Celtic For Kids by Barbary (click the link and then track 16 for a sound sample), Live in the Highlands by Maire Ni Chathasaigh, As Gaeilge by the Wolfe Tones (lisen to it here on youtube) and an English version of the song is on Heart is the Only Nation by Ruth Barrett and Cyntia Smith (titled “Summer, Summer”- a different version than the English lyrics given here). Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn - “We Have Brought the Summer with Us” Thugamar féin an samhradh linn Thugamar féin an samhradh linn Samhradh buí ó luí na gréine Thugamar féin an samhradh linn Samhradh samhradh bainne na ngamhna Thugamar féin an samhradh linn Samhradh duilliúir thugamar an chraobh linn Thugamar féin an samhradh linn Bábóg na Bealtaine, maighdean an tSamhraidh Suas gach cnoc is síos gach gleann Cailíní maiseacha bán-gheala gléasta Thugamar féin an samhradh linn Cuileann is coll is trom is caorthann, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn, Is fuinnseag ghléigeal bhéil an Átha, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Thugamar féin an samhradh linn, Thugamar féin an samhradh linn, Thugamar linn é is cé bhainfeadh dínn é? Thugamar féin an samhradh linn. Now in English- We brought the summer with us We brought the summer with us; Summer golden in the setting of the sun We brought the summer with us. Summer summer milk from the calves We brought the summer with us Summer greenery, we brought the branch with us We brought the summer with us The Mayday doll maiden of the summer Up every hill down every glen Graceful girls all dressed in white We brought the summer with us Holly and hazel and elder and rowan, We brought the summer with us; And bright ash-tree at the mouth of the Ford, We brought the summer with us. We brought the summer with us, We brought the summer with us; We brought it with us, and who’d take it from us? We brought the summer with us.

Excelente música!!! Transmite mucha Paz. Felicitaciones! Nos lo conocía.

lovely very talented musicians

Ta' se' go hiontach agus go Halainn !.....really just blew me away !, a real Irish Mayday song of Summer .

Truly wondrous and beautiful music making. Thank you for sharing this with us. I felt like I was there...

Lovely. Perfectly lovely. Thank you.

Great pianist, fantastic!

Unreal!

Heard it first from Horslips .We bring the Summer with us, only then appreciated its origins ,tugamar fein an samhradh linn,=Samhradh,Samhradh .It meant a lot to us in one endless summer in the seventies ,when the English girls came home ,and brought the summer with them.......

Stunning!

Brilliant !!!

Magnificent; highly spiritual

Gorgeous

Wonderful !

wow....thanks lads...

#Iarla!!!! #Martin!!!! #Love!!!!!! 💓💓💓!

This is beautiful

Gorgeous song.

its my favourite song at the mo

Beautiful

thank you

What a bonny bunch of beautiful ladies.

I love

Iarla O'Lionard is the master of Sean nos ....Go raibh mile maith agat mo chara agus amhran go hiontach !

Bob Thawley you're my hero

Wonderful ... Thanks :)

Dette er et fint stykke arbeid!

I love it !!!

Lovely.

This is a unique version, compared to the rest. Beautifully arranged. Thanks, #SeanNos #IarlaOLionaird!

great

Sheasfainn sa sneachta ag éisteacht le Samhradh Samhradh

Please also listen to Mundy July for some other Inspirational Irish Summer Music

Great

Good song

amhran go hiontach ..agus Iarla O'Lionrad ........Sean Nos master at work ! ..go raibh mile maith agat agus slan leat go foil !

If music were a soft summer morning fog.

My god......

togh fir iarla--nar laga Dia do ghuth alainn

I hope someone like Orla Fallon or Mairead Nesbitt too joins this group or associates with this. It'd be fun if Mairead and Martin Hayes played together!!!

I am a half blind 90lb weakling but if this doesn't sound like: "Every thirty thousand years (until they are dead)" Sorry England and Rome but some people do have brains, as we modern people have been known to say.

A friend from Limerick brought me here, and by sheer word of mouth this beautiful song arrived at the Jersey Shore USA. I will download the album from iTunes, any vinyl copies floating around?

What a wonderful song, coming to Cork soon?

Ta' se ' go halainn agus amhran go hiontach ! :)

Subliem!

Every time I hear Irish being sung or spoken, I keep thinking I am understanding the words. Even though I know that's impossible. I don't know the language. But I feel it. I guess. I don't know. Maybe that's all a load of rubbish and I am imagining things. If I had to guess I'd say he's singing about mountains.

trying to pre order, not available yet in the US? I love the music, how could the audience keep so quiet?

Den scoth!

When is there going to be another tour in Ireland? I really want to come

Has #TheGloaming ever covered any song of #TheDubliners?? If so, can anyone of ya' let me know?!

Louise Duffy rembers the guys on her play Liszt