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Fosgail An Daras Dhan Tailleir Fhidleir

from A Celebration of Twenty by IONA

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Fosgail An Daras Dhan Tàilleir Fhidhleir (Open the Door for the Fiddling Tailor)/Old Wife of the Mill Dust
Scottish
We open--and close--this set with puirt-a-beul, or mouth music, a song in Gaelic from the Outer Hebrides Islands of Scotland. The words of puirt-a-beul are composed to dance tunes, and are often simply mnemonics for the tunes—in this case exhortations to open the door, and bring goat's milk for the king's son-in-law, who is the fiddling tailor, or tailoring fiddler... The 6 part jig, which Bob sandwiches in between, has an equally irrelevant name..

Remastered from "the Sound of IONA" (IONA - 1998)

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Fosgail An Doras Dhan Tàilleir Fhidhleir
Fosgail an doras dhan tàilleir fhidhleir.
Fosgail an doras dhan fhidhleir thàilleir.
Fosgail an doras dhan tàilleir fhidhleir.
Cliamhain a' righ fhidhleir tàilleir.

‘Sdileas mise dha's càirdeach mi dha,
‘Sdileas mise dhan fhidhleir thàilleir,
‘Sdileas mise dha's càirdeach mi dha.
Cliamhain a' righ fhidhleir tàilleir.

Fosgail an doras dhan tàilleir fhidhleir.
Fosgail an doras dhan fhidhleir thàilleir.
Fosgail an doras dhan tàilleir fhidhleir.
Cliamhain a' righ fhidhleir tàilleir.

Bainne nan gobhar tàilleir fhidhleir,
Bainne nan gobhar fhidhleir thàillei,r
Bainne nan gobhar tàilleir fhidhleir,
Cliamhain a' righ fhidhleir tàilleir.

Fosgail an doras dhan tàilleir fhidhleir.
Fosgail an doras dhan fhidhleir thàilleir.
Fosgail an doras dhan tàilleir fhidhleir.
Cliamhain a' righ fhidhleir tàilleir.

Translation:
Open the door for the fiddling tailor.
Open the door for the tailoring fiddler.
Open the door for the fiddling tailor.
The king's son-in-law is the tailoring fiddler.

Failthful am I to him, kinsman am I to him,
Faithful am I to the tailoring fiddler.
Failthful am I to him, kinsman am I to him.
The king's son-in-law is the tailoring fiddler.

Open the door for the fiddling tailor.
Open the door for the tailoring fiddler.
Open the door for the fiddling tailor.
The king's son-in-law is the tailoring fiddler.

Goat's milk for the fiddling tailor,
Goat's milk for the tailoring fiddler,
Goat's milk for the fiddling tailor,
The king's son-in-law is the tailoring fiddler.

Open the door for the fiddling tailor.
Open the door for the tailoring fiddler.
Open the door for the fiddling tailor.
The king's son-in-law is the tailoring fiddler.

credits

from A Celebration of Twenty, released May 15, 2006
Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhrán)
Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek, vocals)
Bob Mitchell (Highland pipes)
Mary Fitzgerald (Celtic harp, vocals)

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IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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