Frightened Rabbit (& Lau) - Norland Wind

[@mags8835]

my dad got his pal to sing this at his funeral. I never knew frightened rabbit sang it as well. A perfect song for 2 beautiful souls.

[@liamfoleysound]

Beautiful poem, beautiful song and sung by a wonderful person

[@tecklePie]

What a gem!

[@alwaysandeverful]

Absolutely perfect.

[@hollyrae8385]

beautiful

[@scatteredstars80AD]

I think about Scotland every day. EVERY DAY. I don't know why. Everything in me belongs there and I fear three things greatest in my life, that I wont live long enough to see my children become men, that I'll live to see one of them pass before I do, and that I'll never see Alba with my own eyes....smell her soil and feel her wind on my face. I'm so called to her.

[@GrinningCheshire42]

Does anyone know the actual meaning of this song? Is it essentially just a kind of ode to Scotland?

[@glypo]

It's from a poem, The Wild Geese by Violet Jacob, which is summarised on Wikipedia: "a conversation between the poet and the North Wind, is a sad poem of longing for home." Further, it has been described as "A poem capturing the desolation of exile that is at the heart of so much of the Celtic experience" by David Sutton. As an Englishman, a southerner at that, I'm not sure I can put myself exactly in Violet Jacob's shoes, I can only appreciate it as it stands. Beautiful.

[@scottherbertson9346]

The Scottish exile in England feels the wind from the North (Norland) on his/her face.. They are from the Angus region (to the North of Scotland) and ask the wind to tell them about its journey, hopeful to hear of their homeland. The wind teases them (as I see it)by starting from the South of Scotland (the Firth of Forth - river near Edinburgh) then Fife, the the River Tay (river near Dundee) . Finally the wind concedes and tells in lyrically beautiful terms of his / her homeland - the straths (land around the rivers) of Angus. The author was from Montrose by the North sea and the coast near there is known for its birdlife, hence the geese. It is essentially about homesickness and and awareness of and identification with the natural life of our place of origin