Hi everyone. I've tried every search and can not find lyrics to this song. OK, I found one, but not only does it not match my Makem/Clancey CD, it doesn't have half the words that my Josephine Marsh CD has, and those are a bit mixed up.
Would appreciate any help.
Cathy Ryan does a really nice vocal version of Ned of the Hills on her CD "Cathy and friends" with Egan, McCleod et al. The best instrumental version I believe was by Phil Smiley on flute. I can't recall which band and I no longer have a copy, but it is burned into my memory forever. Very few times are my eyes filled to overflowing. This one of them.
This is the wrong time of year for this, but this is something to think about for when Christmas rolls around again. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow composed the seven stanza poem "Christmas Bells" on December 25th, 1864. The poem was re-arranged (dropping stanzas 4 and 5) and set to music by John Baptiste Calkin in 1872, who called the song
Eamonn an Chniuic
Eamonn an Chniuic
Hi everyone. I've tried every search and can not find lyrics to this song. OK, I found one, but not only does it not match my Makem/Clancey CD, it doesn't have half the words that my Josephine Marsh CD has, and those are a bit mixed up.
Would appreciate any help.
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by boxdad
Re: Eamonn an Chniuic
Might just be a minor spelling glitch. Try "chnoic" instead of "chniuc"
I've only heard this "as Gaeilge" back in my schooldays, and I think it was pretty much what's printed here (along with an English translation
http://members.aol.com/JamusN/Eamonn.html
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by grego
Re: Eamonn an Chniuic
go raith maith agat.
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by boxdad
Re: Eamonn an Chniuic
Cathy Ryan does a really nice vocal version of Ned of the Hills on her CD "Cathy and friends" with Egan, McCleod et al. The best instrumental version I believe was by Phil Smiley on flute. I can't recall which band and I no longer have a copy, but it is burned into my memory forever. Very few times are my eyes filled to overflowing. This one of them.
# Posted on January 31st 2004 by wvwhistler
Re: Eamonn an Chniuic
This is the wrong time of year for this, but this is something to think about for when Christmas rolls around again. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow composed the seven stanza poem "Christmas Bells" on December 25th, 1864. The poem was re-arranged (dropping stanzas 4 and 5) and set to music by John Baptiste Calkin in 1872, who called the song
# Posted on February 4th 2004 by darcymarsden
Re: Eamonn an Chniuic
P.S.
Here's a link to the Poem in its original 7-stanza from, and some of the history surrounding it.
http://www.lavenderway.com/story_behind.htm
# Posted on February 4th 2004 by darcymarsden