In airde sna spéartha bhí lampa mór buí ar a
dtugtaí an ghrian ag sileadh teasa agus
solais anuas orainn.

High up in the skies there was a yellow
lamp known as the sun, shedding heat and
light down upon us. 

Ceol don Bhéal Bocht / Music for the Poor Mouth | Andrew Hamilton
meánsoprán & pianó / mezzo-soprano & piano

Le / By: Myles na gCopaleen
As / From: An Béal Bocht / The Poor Mouth
Atáirgthe le caoinchead ó / Reproduced by kind permission of:
© The Dolmen Press Ltd, Baile Átha Cliath / Dublin 1941
© Eibhlín Uí Nualláin, 1941, 1942, 1964, 1975, 1986
Cóipcheart aistriúcháin / Translation copyright © Hart-Davis, MacGibbon Ltd 1973
Athchlóite le caoinchead ó / Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
© Patrick C. Power 1973

Ceol don Bhéal Bocht / Music for the Poor Mouth: (3) In airde / High up

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