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An Gille Dubh Ciar Dubh

by Aerialists

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A Gaelic song appearing in a number of collections - the earliest being 1776 - An Gille Dubh Ciar Dubh is a young woman’s song of love, longing, barely-concealed anguish and desire for a young dark-haired man, despite her family’s disapproval.

First single from the new Aerialists album Dear Sienna, coming January 10th 2020!

lyrics

Cha dìrich mi bruthach
'S cha siubhail mi mòinteach
Dh' fhalbh mo ghuth cinn
'S cha seinn mi òran
Cha chaidil mi uair
O Luan gu Didòmhnaich
'S mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh
'Tighinn fo m' ùidh
Mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh
'Tighinn fo m' ùidh

Is truagh nach robh mise
'S an gille dubh ciar-dubh
'N aodann na beinne
Fo shileadh nan siantan
An lagan beag fàsach
No 'n àit'-eigin dìomhair
'S cha ghabh mi fear liath
'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
Cha ghabh mi fear liath
'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh

Dh' òlainn do shlàinte
A ghille dhuibh chiar-dhuibh
Dh' uisge dubh a' loin
Cho deònach 's ge b' fhìon e
'S ged tha mi gun stòras
Tha nas leòr tighinn gam iarrraidh
Cha ghabh mi fear liath
'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
Cha ghabh mi fear liath
'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh

Mo ghille dubh bòidheach
Ge gòrach le càch thu
Dhèanainn do phòsadh
Gun deòin do mo chàirdean
Shiubhlainn leat fada
Feadh lagan is fhàsach
'S cha ghabh mi fear liath
'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh
Cha ghabh mi fear liath
'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh

credits

released November 7, 2019
Elise Boeur - fiddle
Màiri Chaimbeul - harp, vocals
Adam Iredale-Gray - guitars
Charles James - bass
Jake Jenne - drums

Recorded at Fiddlehead Studio on Mayne Island, BC in January 2019
Engineered and mixed by Adam Iredale-Gray
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova

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Aerialists Toronto, Ontario

Aerialists combine prog-trad compositions and re-imaginings of traditional material in a deft balancing act of new and old. The music is ethereal yet precise, technical yet visceral, and every song feels like a new beginning.

They garnered a 2019 JUNO Award nomination for Group Manoeuvre, and 2020's Canadian Folk Music Award-winning Dear Sienna digs deeper into their distinctive neo-folk sound.
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