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Julie Fowlis - Òran an Ròin / The Song of the Seal
A traditional Gaelic song from the voice of the seal people or selkies — creatures who were said to shed their seal skin and take on the human form at certain times of the year. Thought to move between the parallel worlds of sea and land, but never truly belonging to either, selkies could change to human form at certain times and come ashore. They sometimes took human lovers while human, but usually returned to the sea. Woe be unto they who harm them or their kin.
That's beautiful. I know all about selkies. I saved it in a folder on YT.
I don't have a lot of World Music, but this Melbourne woman does a lot of spiritual stuff and sings in Greek sometimes. This one is in English (obviously) but your song reminded me of it. Also, I'm distantly related to an Irish playwright/poet, JM Synge, who was a friend and associate of WB Yeats
Thank you so much.
Julie Fowlis - Dh’èirich mi moch, b' fheàrr nach do dh’èirich