Bean Phaidin - Planxty 1980

A rare glimpse of Donal singing, from the Abbey tavern in 1980

[@diesundas]

The title means "Paidi´s (Paddy´s) wife" (or woman). I´ll never forget how I got to understand the title. One time in the 70´s down in Tralee I was in Paidi Murphy´s house, and I had bought a Planxty record and played it to them. When this tune came on, Paidi´s wife said: "Oh, that´s me, Bean Phaidin!" So I learned a bit of Irish then.

[@benmacdui9328]

What were you doing in Tralee...footing turf?

[@diesundas]

@@benmacdui9328 Yes, Wid me toora na nye, And me toora na nye.

[@isaac_aren]

The lyrics of this version are a bit different to any you'll find online. Here's my best attempt at transcribing them 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'Sé 'n trua nach mise bean Pháidín 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S an bhean atá aige a bheith caillte Chuaigh mise siar chun na chlocháin 'Tá timpeall de Béal Áth' na Báighe 'Gus bhreathnaigh mé isteach tríd na fuinneoige A féachaint a feicfinn bean Pháidín 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'Sé 'n trua nach mise bean Pháidín 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S an bhean atá aige a bheith caillte 'Gus chuaigh mise siar Túin an Rúisín Is tháinig mé aniar Bóthair an tSaithnín Isteach Tí Mhaitais Uí Chaithaisaigh Féachaint go bhfeicfinn bean Pháidín 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'Sé 'n trua nach mise bean Pháidín 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S an bhean atá aige a bheith caillte Rachainn go Gaillimh, go Gaillimh Is rachainn go Gaillimh le Pháidín Ó rachainn go Gaillimh, go Gaillimh Is tiocfaidh abhaile san mbád leis 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'Sé 'n trua nach mise bean Pháidín 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S an bhean atá aige a bheith caillte 'S go mbristear do chosa, do chosa Go mbristear do chosa bean Pháidín Go mbristear do chosa, do chosa Go mbristear do chosa 's do chnámha 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'Sé 'n trua nach mise bean Pháidín 'Sé 'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S an bhean atá aige a bheith caillte Grammar is not perfect but that is how this version is sung

[@tomodonovanwho]

Thank you so much!

[@AllStarsNoStripes]

Thanks for posting this! 👍

[@craigmiller786]

This is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard!

[@lukekennedy1001]

At 0:40, that look you give when you know you've nailed something

[@Jeremyramone]

This look happens in skateboarding!

[@musashidanmcgrath]

Can't bate the uileann pipes and the bodhran. Top drawer.

[@schiple]

What a wonderful performance, I don't understand a word, but I am still blown away.

[@CliveBilby]

Its the traditional Irish song, akin to "Bobby's Girl" from the '60s. It's a great pity that I'm not, that I'm not It's a great pity that I'm not Páidín's wife It's a great pity that I'm not, that I'm not And the woman that he has to be dead I would go to Galway, to Galway And I would go to Galway with Páidín I would go to Galway, to Galway And I would return in the boat with him Oh, I go to Galway, to Galway, Oh, I go to Galway with Páidín Oh, we go to Galway together And sail away home in a báidín

[@alonzogarbanzo]

Donal does truly feel the music in the depths o' his bones. Great performance. And thanks yet again to Bilko, who doth rock.

[@TARANCONMAN1975]

He visto cantar a Donal esta cancion en Lorient hace ni 10 dias....fue increíble

[@LindsayCurran]

Astonishing effect on me, too, here - that opening with Donal blew me away - first time I've ever seen Donal so clearly - what an impact - then there's the music, oh the music! Thank you, bilko!

[@KincadeCeltoSlav]

I Play this Often...The Singer the Band the Language and the Song are all Brilliant!

[@BarryPennock]

Absolutely love this song!

[@jfsfrnd]

It is so cool to get to see Donal singing. So rare.

[@TheMrseringobragh]

Just brilliant

[@gwynplaine6710]

After about 5 seconds i was already adding it to my collection, amazing energy to the beat

[@3lullabies]

Wonderful

[@thelibs213]

Beautiful..

[@FredJ51]

The song is from Connemara, Co Galway. The woman wishes she was 'the woman of Páidín' and she curses the woman who has taken his fancy, while saying how much she'd go through to have him herself: the curse is interesting, involving the breaking of the rival's bones!

[@sr2291]

Beautiful man ❤

[@Robojunkie558]

Is maith liom Planxty. :) go raibh míle maith agat!

[@dianefarrell2343]

This is the REAL Stuff!!!!🥰

[@beaghteach]

what a brilliant song..Lunny at his best!!

[@derrik-bosse]

They beat the bodhran with their hands and it sounds great. Wish I saw more people doing this.

[@gudrontheband]

The look on his face a second before the video ends is just priceless

[@katea6114]

This is my Irish teacher

[@lars526]

+Kate Aherne Mine as well :)

[@tonioconnor6670]

MÁISTIR Ó CHÉILLICHAR!!!

[@educadortrabajando4552]

Really?

[@maikitx6838]

Wow, such a cool teacher

[@daragildea7434]

@Daragh Murphy Greetings, fellow Daragh.

[@MaireMc]

Amazing!

[@Fionnuala1969]

Thanks! You rock!

[@Elderwilliam]

Brilliant

[@CastletoKarma]

Jayney, Donal L in full voice! Rare. A man of several talents.

[@AlisonCassidy]

"Dá bhris is do chosa, 's do chnámha" / "May your legs and your bones be broken" :O

[@thetwoboyos8366]

Love song

[@Seamus616]

thats unreal

[@paullavan6098]

A rare glimpse is right, I've never seen Donal sing before now; maybe I had a sheltered upbringing?

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

i wish donal lunny sang more in planxty

[@johnfinnerty4243]

That's talent

[@Urbani2]

!Ok, at the beginning it sounds like sardinian to my (italian) ears! Astonishing effect!

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

I never realized that it was Donal Lunny singing the Irish parts in the planxty records.

[@samdaly1986]

god damn this is beautyfull

[@ronjames7953]

I agree

[@daragildea7434]

Yeah, but why can't you spell the word Beautiful?

[@samdaly1986]

@@daragildea7434 buityifull

[@wrongwayup.]

I do not speak it, but I think the language sounds awesome. :)

[@shalleeforsteel]

mighty

[@christymoorefan]

@kevingames08 Your LEARNING irish,Donal Lunny was brought up a fluent irish speaker.Case closed your honour.

[@rossr8776]

Wow

[@paidushko]

The reel that follows Bean Phaidin is Rakish Paddy.

[@JorgenHartogs]

@kevingames08 anyone who learns Irish will get this song at some point and it's a lovely song and it's all perfect the way Donal sings it!

[@AncientInspirations]

A song about Pháidín's true wife/woman (bean) - from Connemara "'S é'n trua ghéar nach mise bean Pháidín" >>" It's a pity I am not Paddy's wife" sings the jealous woman in the first verse, and "Go mbristear do chosa 'bean Pháidín" >> "may your legs get broken wife of Paddy!" in the last...

[@daragildea7434]

Why does the video end before the song?

[@davidcarroll9646]

Can anyone point me to the lyrics of this version. I had a look at an Irish singers version and Celtic woman's version but they seem to be missing verses. Thanks

[@anbocmor]

Christy looks as if he's attending his first Rang Gaeilge..... lol

[@blackdots251]

For this song, I don't want to see Christy I want to see Donal

[@LuisEduardoBraschi]

I've been watching this video since it's been published and ther has always been something in Dónal's look that puzzled me... Today I saw a poster of Trainspotting and there you go... Dónal Lunny was in it.

[@daithipol]

Where is that? Looks like The Embankment outside Tallaght, but could be anywhere

[@paidushko]

This is the second verse: Is chuaigh mise siar Tóin an Róisín Is tháinig mé aniar Barr an tSáilín Isteach i dtigh Mhaitéis Uí Chathasaigh A féachaint an bhfeicfinn bean Pháidín. And in English: And I went down Tóin a' Róisín and back up by Barr a' tSáilín, And called in to Matthew O'Casey's, to search out the woman of Phaidin.

[@HEADSUPBERKELEY]

Thanks for posting this. Great song and performer. Does anyone know what area this comes from and how old the song is?

[@SaorEire]

Tá sé go hiontacht!

[@Filidhe]

Ooh, hand drumming. noice!

[@Lisnageeragh]

@jorgenpfhartogs Still worth listening to John Beag .

[@BarryHawk]

I thought that was pretty good. Why didn't/doesn't Donal sing more songs?

[@Moon-littt]

Bones

[@denisbudbud]

Curfá: 'S é'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S é'n trua nach mise bean Pháidín 'S é'n trua nach mise, nach mise 'S an bhean atá aige bheith caillte Rachainn go Gallaí go Gallaí Is rachainn go Gallaí le Pháidín Rachainn go Gallaí go Gallaí Is thiocfainn abhaile sa mbád leis

[@Fionnuala1969]

Hello all.. I'm looking for the second verse that Donal sings here. In other printed lyrics I've found, I can identify the first, third, and fourth verses, but not the second. It doesn't sound like the verse about her shoes, but I can't be sure. I'm working on the language, but am in infancy in that effort. Does anyone know the words and translation for the second verse Donal sings? thanks!

[@jeanette606]

Is aoibhin liom an amhran

[@creggane87]

Whats the name of the instrumental song that they are about to break into there at the end? I can't find it anywhere. It includes them playing the uilean pipes

[@jarvishale2908]

It's a Hurdy Gurdy

[@daragildea7434]

"instrumental song" is an oxymoron. Are you unaware of the existence of the word Tune?

[@kieranp2039]

Is it because of the Leinster dialect that this sounds so different? Specifically this line "S an bhean atá aige bheith caillte."

[@audreynickel3803]

+kieran p That line sounds exactly as I've heard it in Ulster and Connacht.

[@kieranp2039]

Audrey Nickel Sounds different to the way I was taught in Munster.

[@audreynickel3803]

+kieran p Ah...I thought you thought the singer had Munster Irish. Not sure what sounds so different, though. How would you pronounce that line differently?

[@kieranp2039]

+Audrey Nickel The "atá aige". The atá would have a drawn out a at the end and the aige would be pronounced as a-gee. That's how we were taught anyway.

[@audreynickel3803]

+kieran p I see. I was curious, as most of my experience is with Ulster Irish (and a bit with Connacht Irish, mostly courtesy of Ros na Rún!)

[@carollizc]

@carollizc Actually, looking at another vid from the same performance, it's got buttons. Definitely not a leotard.

[@zapiix_]

why tf did bones just show this in an instagram live stream?

[@BdeBurca]

Amhrain hionteach

[@agnieszkamichaowska4793]

Is that traditional/ ancient/ folk Celtic song ?

[@peterdunworth3811]

Yes...transitional Irish. They are singing in Irish Gaelic.

[@sheilaomalley5369]

This is the real deal, not book irish as they say in the west!

[@carollizc]

@yahoochiewatchie No, I think it's just a long sleeved t-shirt, maybe with the ribbing around the neck removed.

[@Shprotos]

0:50 he wants beer i think)

[@McGurnaghan]

Rest in peace Donal lad

[@anpocarbuile5278]

Dónal's not dead (or if he is, he's keeping very quiet about it). Liam O'Flynn passed away back in March 2018.