Name: Síocháin Iona (Peace Of Iona in Irish) by TheWaterboys
Duration: 6 min 13 s
Description: Peace Of Iona sung in Irish, with lyric translation by Iarla O'Leonard and vocal production by Seamus Begley.

The violin makes you go, "All praises to the mighty Lord"

This has got to be the most hauntingly beautiful piece of music ever recorded!

Seo é go hiontach! Is brea liom an amhran seo agus is fear liom é as gaeilge! Ta iníon beag alainn agam agus Iona is ainm dí. Bhain mé an ainm as amhran seo. Go raibh mile maith agat! Maith an 'Na Buchailaí Uisce' :-)

love the way the violin enters here, then just grows and grows....sublime

Track 5 of the new Waterboys album AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS, to be released 19 September 2011.

The girl goes dancing there
on the leaf-sown, new-mown, smooth grass of the garden
escaped from her bitter youth
escaped from out of her crowd 
and her black cloud

Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer
Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer

If men come from the house
to lead her away please do not say she is crazy
lead them gently astray
let her finish the dance
finish the dance

Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer
Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer

She sings as the moon sings     
I am I, I am I
the greater grows my light
the further shall I fly 
I hear the wind a-blow
I hear the grass a-grow
And all that I know
I know, I know    

Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer
Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer

The girl goes dancing there
on the leaf-sown, new-mown, smooth grass of the garden
let her finish the dance
let her finish the dance
finish the dance

Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer
Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer
Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer
Ah dancer, ah sweet dancer


Acoustic Guitar: Mike Scott
Piano: James Hallawell
Fiddle: Steve Wickham
Drums: Ralph Salmins
Earth Resonator: Marc Arciero
8-string Bouzoukis, Electric Guitar, Voice: Mike Scott
Voice: Katie Kim
Voice: Freddie Stevenson
Harmonica: Steve Wickham
Tambourine: Ralph Salmins
Sax: Kate St John
Flute: Sarah Allen


SWEET DANCER

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Peace Of Iona sung in Irish, with lyric translation by Iarla O'Leonard and vocal production by Seamus Begley.

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Souped up fandango version with good rolling bassline - still missing my fade outro metaphysical rant which I shout as I drive through the gloaming

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Síocháin Iona (Peace Of Iona in Irish)

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