Gaelic Song : Donnie MacDonald : Tilleadh Gu Mo Thir

[@TheTourmaline57]

American country music owes Scotland a huge thank you.

[@RKHageman]

I just listen to this track over and over... Donnie was just here in Colorado last month with "Men of Worth", but there was no way I could get down to the concert 200 miles away. Sigh... wish I could've been there to meet him again (met him once, eons ago, at the Longs Peak Games).

[@drneilmcleod]

I love to hear Donnie singing. It takes me back to the times we have spent together, The ceilidhs, the games the wedding, and even the recording sessions. Slante, Neil McLeod

[@Janet4807]

uistman59, many thanks for introducing me to Donald MacDonald' singing. Love his voice.

[@johnmcdonald8298]

The Singing is the best , so is his surname . Aye

[@ianmunro2972]

Sin thu fhèin, a Dhòmhnaill! Tha mi an dòchas gun coinnich sinn a-rithist (ged nach bi sinn cho amaideach sa bha sinn uaireigin..).

[@cosmeamenta3474]

No sé si aún estará ahí Sr. Uistman, pero yo sigo disfrutando sus videos

[@UISTMAN59]

Gracias!

[@LindsayCurran]

Sure hope he made it -- that fair old hike from Pasadena to Point! -- Donnie Large MacDonald rocks!

[@yvonnemurray]

Homesickness is kicking in :-D Thanks v.much for posting!

[@UISTMAN59]

Well, one good turn deserves another! Thanks for Oran Dhomhnaill Phadruig!

[@UISTMAN59]

"Bith mi tilleadh gu mo thir aig am Bliadhn' Uir" (I'll be returning to my (home)land at New Year time) .I have that other song, which was composed ny Norman MacLean who was born of Uist parents. I don't have him singning it though, just Art :-)

[@UISTMAN59]

The song was composed by his mother and some of her songs were published in the Gaelic quarterly "Gairm" but I don't know if this was one of them. :-(

[@TheIslandhome]

Just what you need when you are on the other side of the world, the memories come flooding in and you wonder why you ever left. Keep up the good work Uistman

[@bb3ca201]

just bought the song on Google play (the original, from the cd). What a different feel to it with the different beat!

[@domhnallmorris]

Yes I much prefer this one.

[@RKHageman]

Ok, right. Now that I *know* what that phrase should be, I can hear that it is. I suppose it's always that way with 'misheard' lyrics. Love that grin at 1:25... I met him once years ago at the Longs Peak games, and he was just as charming then.

[@UISTMAN59]

@RKHageman Apparently he was called this at school because he had relatively large hands compared to other boys of his age. The picture on the cover of his first LP shows normally sized hands so I suppose the rest of his body caught up with them :-)

[@UISTMAN59]

@Vinson37Me The Maxwells are a Lowland Family, not a Clan as such. Julie is from Uist, like myself. Ceilidh in the traditional Gaidhlig sense means a"visit" but in its English form it is used more of an organised entertainment event. Hogmany is not a Gaelic word.

[@dagny1207]

I like this one:-)

[@UISTMAN59]

Belated Thanks :-)

[@RKHageman]

@katemacleod1 -- Idle curiosity -- why is he called that? ((Donnie 'Large', that is). Apparently it's an *old* nickname as his first album refers to it...but I've never gotten why.

[@RKHageman]

Say, has anyone the words to this? I'd love to sing along, but I can't hear all of what he's saying.

[@UISTMAN59]

Berlated thanks for the note :-)

[@iaininver]

Any more like this?

[@UISTMAN59]

+iain urquhart An do dh' eisd thu ri Gealach Bhuidhe an Abachaidh neo Eilidh ? De eile a chordadh riut?

[@UISTMAN59]

+iain urquhart I hope you heard "An Griasaiche" and "Do'm Athair" also by Donnie Large ?

[@domhnallmorris]

A bheil bhideothan eile agaibh bhon chuirm-chiùil seo?

[@UISTMAN59]

Tha mi air feadhainn dhiubh a chuir seo mar tha!

[@yvonnemurray]

;-) You're welcome!

[@Melvorgazh]

What dialect has he? South Uist?

[@UISTMAN59]

Melvorgazh Donnie comes from Ness, Isle of Lewis.

[@Melvorgazh]

Lewis?! There ain't W in Scottish place names. At least that I'm awear of.

[@UISTMAN59]

Seriously, you have never heard of the Isle of Lewis? Its main town is Stornoway (did you notice the w there?) Places with a "W" are found all over Scotland. Glasgow, Wick, Poolewe, Wanlockhead, Motherwell, Wishaw come to mind quite easily ... it might be easier if you look up www.ukwebindex.co.uk/townandvillage/Scotland/W/ for a more complete list. You might be more aware then :)

[@Melvorgazh]

There ain't W,Z,J,X in Scottish place names! Just like in Ireland. Same language rules :) Look here, is a map of Scotland! No wierd names like ye mentioned. www.demarrer.com/voyages/Scotland/

[@Melvorgazh]

Oops! Sorry! Actually there are Vs and Ys, here but this is not a good map then, surely made by a Saxonman.