Turas Siar 244 - Donncha Ó Gallchobhair (R.I.P.) as an gCorrán i bParóiste Acla ag caint le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha: “Nyah”

Go díreach, go díreach agus

Directly, directly and.

a

a.

Fiú amháin in sna Gaeltachtaí bhí bhíodh na bhíodh na hamhráin sin

Even in the Gaeltacht areas those songs used to be.

Sea

Yes.

an am atá caite agus

the past and.

Bhí

Was.

Chanfadh siad go mall iad agus chuirfeadh siad béim ar leith.

They would sing them slowly and they would place particular emphasis.

ar ar cuid de na focla agus ar

on our part of the words and on

B'fhéidir deireadh an líne ná

Maybe the end of the line.

Agus sílimse gurb in é an yea mar déarfá gob in é an

And I think that that is the yea, as you might say, because that is it.

Mar a déarfá.

As you would say...

'Sea, tá sé, tá sé sin an-suimiúil, a Dhonncha, cineál an, an difríocht idir an t-amhrán traidisiúnta i mBéarla mar a chasfaí é agus an sean-nós.

Yes, it is, that is very interesting, Donncha, kind of, the difference between the traditional song in English as it would be sung and the sean-nós..

Sea go díreach.

Yes, exactly.

Agus gur gné ar leith den amhrán i mBéarla a bhí sa nea seo.

And that this was a particular feature of the song in English.

Sílimse gurb ea, sílimse, mo mo bharúil féin ar chuma ar bith.

I think so, I think so, my own opinion anyway...