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My Donald​/​O Kirree T'Ou Goll Dy Faagail Mee​/​Dunblane

from Branching Out by IONA

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My Donald(Owen Hand)/O Kirree T'Ou Goll Dy Faagail Mee(O Kirree, thou wilt leave me)/Dunblane (Charles Glendinning)
Scottish/trad. Manx/US

We introduce the set with a lament of the whaler's family, leading into a plaintive Manx air. We finish off with a tune composed by Bob's friend, Charlie Glendinning, to honor sixteen children and their teacher, who were tragically murdered on March 16, 1996 in Dunblane, Scotland.

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My Donald

My Donald, he works on the sea,
Where the waves, they blow wild and free.
He splices the ropes, he sets the sails.
Southward he roams, in search of the whales.

He never thinks of me far behind,
All the torment and rage in my mind.
He's only mine for half part of the year,
And leaves me alone with nothing but a tear.

All you ladies who seek the wild rose,
Think you for your perfumes where a man goes.
Think you of the wives, and the bairns who yearn
For their men ne'er returned from hunting the sperm.
© 2003 Barnaby Productions Inc.

credits

from Branching Out, released June 10, 2003
Bernard Argent (Irish flute)
Chuck Lawhorn (Bass guitar)
Bob Mitchell (Scottish small pipes)
Barbara Tresidder Ryan (Vocals,guitar, bodhrán)

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IONA Washington, D.C.

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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