Poll for Song a Week Social Group Week #165

[Barbara Shultz]

This poll is for the Song A Week Social Group Week #165.

One vote per member of the social group. I'll announce the winner on Friday, June 22, in the Song A Week Social Group forum.

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[Dobes2TBK]

So far I've been able to find a sound-byte of everything but Come by the Hillside. Could somebody point me towards one, please? Thanks!

[Eddie Sheehy]

I believe it's the same tune as "Buachall On Eirne"... - but only the person who nominated it only knows for sure what tune they meant...

(A Boy from the Erne - The Erne is a river in Co. Fermanagh with two large lakes on it)

Buachaill o'n Eirne me 's bhreagfainn calin deas og
Ni iarrfainn bo spre lei ta me fhein saibhir go leor
'S liom Corcaigh da mheid e dha thaobh a' ghleanna 's Tir Eoghain
'S mura n-athrai me beasai 's me n' t-oidhr' ar Chontae Mhaigh Eo

Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free
And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the lochs meet the sea
Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun
And the cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done

Come by the hills to the land where life is a song
And stand where the birds fill the air with their joy all day long
Where the trees sway in time and even the wind sings in tune
And the cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done

Come by the hills to the land where legends remain
And the stories of old fill the heart and may yet come again
Where the past has been lost and the future is still to be won
And the cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done

[cwboal]

This is the only version of Come by the Hills that I know of, beautifully sung and played by Loreena McKennitt.