Imtheochaidh soir is siar
A dtainig ariamh
An ghealach is an ghrian
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol the day fol the day
Imtheochaidh an ghealach’s an ghrian
An Daoine og is a chail 'na dhiadh
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol the doh fol the day
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol the doh fol the day
Imtheochaidh a dtainig ariamh
An duine og is aa chail ne dhiadh
Fol lol the doh fol the day
Fol the doh fol the day
I have loved their music since I first heard Harrys Game I have been to see Clannad and met Moira Brennan and shared a drink with her a Beutifull Person
I am African American, from a large city in the south in America, not anywhere near where the people of this band are from, and I first heard this playing when my parents and I were grocery shopping, when I was about 11 years old. My mother, father, and I literally all stopped talking and moving in the store and did not move until this stopped playing. Later our local PBS station aired Robin Hood (Robin of Sherwood) when I was about 13. Now this was the 1980s, before the internet was widely available and such. My family & I would watch this show religiously, wondering WHO ARE THE MUSICIANS FOR THIS SHOW? And we were sure they were the same people who wrote this song, but no clue as to how to find them. Later, in the early 1990s when I was at university I was browsing through a record store (most of them are gone), I think it was Tower Records, and I came across Legend. I only noticed it because there was a picture of the first actor who had portrayed Robin Hood in the show. I bought the album, the artist was CLANNAD. I then went home that weekend JUST to share it with my parents.
Funereal beauty, as a certain new-found dignity, glory, and transfiguration of the happy warrior who has fought the good fight. Consumatum Est. The battle is over. The crucible is no more. The walking dead survey the plain and commence burying the stilled warriors. Silence and the clanging and ringing of shovels on rocky soil. The mingling of poured water and blood and grime into iron basins and the aroma of the holy ointments and clean linen. Sleep, warriors, until the final trumpet blast.
FINALLY!! This song has haunted me for 30 years. I never knew the name of the song or who performed it but that melody has stayed with me all of these years. Being from the USA, I'd never heard of Harry's Game. It was the song used during the intro to U2's "Under a Blood Red Sky" (Live from Red Rocks video) which was my introduction to the song. I taped it off of MTV way back when they used to show concerts. That tape was lost many years ago. Thank you SO much for posting this. You have no idea how happy (relieved?) I am to finally hear this. Thanks again...