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Back to my Scottish roots today…with a song I first sang in childhood at primary school in Edinburgh. It’s a song from the Isle of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides and is a song of longing for home when exiled over the sea, on the mainland, or often on the other side of the world. The Eriskay Love Lilt is a traditional folk song dating from the early 18th century and originally sung entirely in the Scottish Gaelic. I’ve chosen this version which I particularly like by Scottish singer Zoe Moskal who is based in North Berwick where I spent my childhood summers a very long time ago…

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Answer 1

I've known the tune for a very long time, though not as long as you.

I once played a golf course called North Berwick alongside the South side of the Firth. It was beautiful.

Answer 2

Lovely voice. Must bring back good memories for you despite being so sad.
Vair me o ro van o;
Vair me o ro ven ee;
Vair me o ru o ho.
I am sad without thee.

When I'm lonely, dear heart,
Black the night and the sea,
By love's light my foot finds
The way to thee.

Vair me o ro van o;
Vair me o ro ven ee;
Vair me o ru o ho.
Sad I am without thee.

O music of my heart,
O harp of joy,
Moon of guidance by night,
Strength and light to me.

Vair me o ro van o;
Vair me o ro ven ee;
Vair me o ru o ho.
I am sad without thee.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:

a text in Scots Gaelic by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from the Hebrides [text unavailable]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "An Eriskay love lilt", published 1969 [satb chorus a cappella], from Four British Folk-songs, no. 2, B. Schotts Söhne, Mainz; also set in German as "Liebesruf aus Eriskay" [ sung text verified 1 time]


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