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Re: Irish song translation

Dale D — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:17:09 GMT

Oops! Thanks for catching that, Laura. I was typing faster than my brain was thinking. I looked up the right word and got the right translation, but I apparently was thinking of something backwards.....

Dearthairín ó mo chroí = "Little brother of my heart."

Sorry if I confused anyone....

Dale D

Re: Irish song translation

LauraHuntORI — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 08:45:29 GMT

Deirfiúr nó deartháir, a Dale?

Re: Irish song translation

Dale D — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 04:48:05 GMT

Okay...a bit at a time here.

"Dearthairín ó mo chroí" is "little sister of my heart."

"Jemmy mo Veela Store" is an Anglicization of "Jimmy mo mhíle stór"

"Cianach Corrach" means "uneasy melancholy" or something similar.

Dale D

Re: Irish song translation

Bama — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:12:53 GMT

Maith this !!

Re: Irish song translation

livil.s — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:47:36 GMT

Hello, Dale D,

Thank you for the corrections and for the meaning of the title :D I'm glad this will help people who have the same issue!

My priority was to find the title of the song. Once I found it, I started to search for its lyrics, but there are slightly different versions and I'm not able to figure out which is the right one. So I'd be happy if you help me understand but take your time, it's not essential to me :) I only want to add something I've found over the net: the song is also known as "Drahaareen O Mochree" (Dearthairín-ó Mo Chroí) or "Jemmy mo Veela Sthore" and there's an alternate version called "Cianach Corrach" (correct me if I missed fada marks).

livil.s

Re: Irish song translation

Dale D — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:10:58 GMT

Hello, livil.s.

You are close! But your written translation is missing a couple of fada marks (like accent marks, but they govern the pronunciation of the vowel).

"Jimmy mo mhíle stór" (with fada marks on the "i" in "mhíle" and the "o" in "stór" means, "Jimmy my dearest love".

I am not familiar with the song, so I don't know how much else I can tell you at the moment. When I have some time I may check out your link and have a listen, but can't take the time at the moment.....

Dale D

Re: Irish song translation

livil.s — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:10:49 GMT

Guys, I found it! The title is "Jimmy mo mhile stor", I found it by coincidence :)))

Irish song translation

livil.s — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 11:28:17 GMT

Hi everybody,
I have this five-year-old recording from an Irish radio and I'll be immensely grateful to whoever helps me understand what the song title is or at least what the speaker and the song say. I've tried searching for something on youtube and google, but I can't even define which genre or how old it is.
Here is the link to the file https://mega.nz/#!KxNjEQZD!j6GNyodi1Tmi3GIIQiG8vMkxNTwMfenmixUTQ5VlmP8
I'm sorry for the low quality. You can listen to the voice of the speaker before and after the song (it's a bit long), I don't know which is the comment to it, maybe neither
Thank you all in advance, it's very very important to me!