She's My Love - Kathleen MacInnes

Highland Sessions:
Kathleen MacInnes - vocals
Allan Henderson - fiddle
Iain MacDonald - whistle
Steve Cooney - guitar

[@tomtscotland]

Surprisingly, first actual performance from Kathleen on KZbin. Her slightly earthy voice is ideally suited to this kind of music.

[@Tphilpott1]

She sings this song with such authority. She owns it.

[@Finarphin]

Exactly. It's amazing.

[@inthecouchproductions8103]

This song makes me feel like I can do absolutely anything.

[@Lewie91]

@Tphilpott1 Scots IS a Germanic language/dialect of English (depending on your viewpoint) spoken in the Lowlands. When referring to Gàidhlig in English speaking contexts, we say Gaelic [Gaa-lik], or 'the Gaelic'. Under no circumstances would you refer to Gàidhlig as Scots. It would be entirely incorrect.

[@benmacdui9328]

Dialect of English? Hud yer tounge min. Scots was influenced from Remnants of Gaelic , Pictish , European merchants and traders just as much as from England. This theory about Scots being a dialect of English has been forced upon us for far too long. Its lazy , incorrect and offensive.

[@tirchonailltiger4638]

Powerful sounds. I had to leave a comment, saw Kathleen live recently and it was magic. It led me to here. This speaks to me like nothing else can. Another classic for the bank! Halfway through don't ya just wanna shout yeahhhooooooo!!!! Super music. peace, love and light from Donegal :+)

[@michellelarkin2877]

Looking for letting you know we to do that

[@tomtscotland]

This is one of several "waulking" songs to grace the Highland Sessions. These are generally call and response songs used as a rhythmic co-ordination which groups of women would sing as they pounded the tweed cloth using their feed and hands against a "waulking board". This finishing process was applied to cloth soaked in stale urine and water.

[@myfindhorn2]

to see the whole process I would advise you to go to the SGIOBA LUAIDH INBHIRCHLUAIDH WAULKING GROUP BASED IN GREENOCK INVERCLYDE SCOTLAND

[@pj1909]

I'm an expert..Scots is Germanic Gaelic from the Isle of Mars brought to these shores on the backs of camels from irelandic vikingologists.

[@Trionatrog]

Anytime I hear Kathleen's beautiful voice and songs I feel like I'm right back on South Uist, in the middle of the magical week I spent there.

[@edwardtijssen2055]

Geweldig kan het horen 100x en nog 100x

[@Seamus616]

"Gaeldom" originated in Ireland, and spread to Scotland. Scottish Gaelic came from Old Irish. It also spread to Isle of Man.

[@mikem9001]

None of that is known for certain. The language and the culture may have arisen simultaneously across the Irish Sea littoral.

[@Godzillamor]

​@mikem9001 more likely and being backed up by more recent DNA studies

[@heimskur]

@bookkeeper57 It's waulking (òrain luaidh) not walking (siubhal), and you really ought not to refer to something of Gàidhlig origin as "Scots," as Scots is a completely unrelated Germanic language.

[@aodh78]

Gaol ise gaol I (she's my love) Gaol air Anna ni'n Nill (love for Anna, Neil's daughter) Mi torrach mi trom (I am heavey with child) Chan ann le balach mo throm (No ordinary lad is my child) Ach leis an lasgaire dhonn (by the dark haired hero) Mac fir Bhaile nan Long (Son of the Laird of the ships) Leis an eireadh na suinn (With whom warriors would rise)

[@EmilyCragg]

There's a Cherokee song that sounds just like this . . . I can't remember the name of it. :shrug:

[@OneDawkinsFan]

+Emily Cragg Bingo!

[@DoubleADwarf]

Funny how things can cross over each other like that, isn't it? Makes you wonder...

[@truckdriverredbone]

As a working song were the song helps to keep the rhythm of the task and the song helps one forget the work; it not uncommon style among many cultures before recorded music.

[@Cu-Co]

did you ever remember the name?

[@WildBoreWoodWind]

Aris, aris le do thoil!!! Maith sibh!

[@tomtscotland]

I thought your name was familiar - I checked out your "South Uist" video when I uploaded mine. Pictures were fantastic 5 stars and added to favourites.

[@Gillhoolee]

This Cape Bretoner says: "ATABOY Mac, Give'er!!!"

[@dedbaka]

My five year old sister asked me who played the guitar, an I said "Steve Cooney." An she said "he plays really good....can I send him a picture?" So if anyone knows how to get ahold of him, my lil sister would to send him a drawing. ❤

[@allisnotwhatitseems.]

Did you ever get in touch with Steve ?

[@tinyviking]

does any one know where i can get the lyrics for this song, in gaelic, and in english to if its avalbel? Thanks!

[@VGibs]

I love the comments on this song...I preformed it recently and the intro went something like this.. "This is a song that has become the topic of some debate recently on KZbin. The orgins of the language and the "waulking-ness" of the song have been discussed in length. THANK GOD FOR KZbin" and then we busted out into a rendition...So thank you all!

[@SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

Now you said it - your are absolutely right

[@MartinJames389]

Quite, but the Scots Leid (aka the Lallans or the Doric in the east) is not a dialect or patois of Old English. It is a separate line of development from the Germanic language of the Angles -but not the Saxons- with elements of the earlier Cymric languages (P-Celtic, ancestral to modern Welsh) formerly spoken in what is now Scotland, as well as Norse and later many French additions. It IS basically Germanic. Gàidhlig is Q-Celtic and NOT Germanic. TWO LANGUAGES, not to be confused.

[@marlonf.]

Desde unos días, esta canción se ha convertido en una de mis favoritas. ❤ 🥲

[@MikeMorgan1012]

I never want to be at a table waulking, but I don't mind listening to them sing their songs one bit.

[@loverlyme]

Lyrics: Gaol ise gaol i Sèist/Chorus (after each verse): Eo hao o hao o Eo hao o hao o Hao ri ri o hu o Hao ri ri o hu o Ro ho i o hi o Ro ho i o hi o Gaol air Anna ni' n Nill Mi dualach mi donn Mi mar chuthaig an coill' Mi ma smeòrach an craoibh Mi gu biorshuileach binn Mi torrach mi trom Chan ann le balach mo throm Ach leis an lasgaire dhonn Mac fir Bhaile nan Long Leis an èireadh na suinn Gaol ise gaol i Gaol air Anna ni'n Nill Gaelic lyrics found on: www.celticlyricscorner.net/macneil/gaol.htm English translation can be found here too.

[@imadruid8028]

• Simply wonderful singer, I fell in love with her voice through the Transatlantic Sessions videos, and have since purchased her last two CDs, Cille Bhride from her website, and my favorite Og-mhadainn Shamhraidh, Summer Dawn. Both are awesome, I have about worn them out. You don’t have to understand any Gaelic to love her music.

[@peterholsters5640]

+Ima Druid Agree, I don't understand Gaelic, but I have been in love with Gaelic music for over 40 years now. Too bad I didn't learn the language...

[@bb3ca201]

+Peter Holsters never too late to start :)

[@jkosmdd]

TomT, What is that stringed instrument the man is hitting with the sticks? PS-I love, love this performance! Thanks!

[@odinfromcentr2]

@bookkeeper57 Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is the Celtic language spoken in Scotland. Scots branched off Old English (a Germanic language) before French influenced it. So, yes, Scots is a Germanic language. However, both Celtic and Germanic languages are Indo-European languages, so they're not unrelated.

[@RonenBraverman]

This beautiful love song can't be sang by a woman becase it's a song for a Woman, So a Man must sing this lovely song.

[@Lewie91]

Thank you for that insightful lecture on two languages that I do in actual fact speak. You'll notice I wrote 'Scots IS a Germanic language/dialect of English (depending on your viewpoint)'. A Mhàirtain, tha làn fhios agam cò às a thàinig a' Ghàidhlig agus cò às a thàinig a' Bheurla Ghallda (Albais).

[@aodh78]

Eo hoa o hao o, hao ri ri o hu o, ro ho i o hi o The chorus is nothing other than sounds, meaningless sounds. Some work songs do however have one or two words in the chorus that do have meaning, but tend not to relate to any of the other words in the chorus.

[@aodh78]

If only the Mod was a bit more like this?Thank you tomscotland for all thses wonderful vids. Gu ma fada beo sibh is ceo as ur taigh, Moran Taing a Thomas.

[@MarkRobertCuthbert]

German are Celts too if you go back far enough.

[@yvonnemurray]

Absolutely fantastic - I love this one!

[@Ronas577]

Beautiful interpretation of Miss Kath MacInnes! Tom, was possible because of you I know the show Highland Sessions, thanks for the videos! Ronaldo from Brazil

[@jansrensen7582]

Wonderfull bless you all amazing thanks you❤❤❤❤❤

[@alanreidmusic]

What's the instrument at the very begining of this video called?

[@aodh78]

Mi dualach mi donn (my hair, curly and brown) Mi gu biorshuileach binn ( keen my eyes, sweet my voice) Mi ma smeorach an craoibh ( the thrush on a tree) Mi mar chuthaig an coil' ( the cuckoo in the wood) Mi cuimir 's mi cruinn (I am bonny, I am plump) Gaol ise Gaol I (she's my love) Gaol air Anna ni'n Nill (love for Anna, Neil's daughter)

[@jasonrobertturner1440]

'S math sin. Gle mhath

[@BajorRon]

Tha sin ceart! ' S toigh leam seo!

[@danabowring]

Ron Rumley-van Gurp As Gaeilge, Math = Maith.

[@skatebop]

nice camera work

[@VGibs]

If anyone knows where I can get the lyrics to this song or if anyone can maybe write them out who speaks gaelic I would really really appreciate it. This is the song we have chosen to perform at our wedding and having the lyrics would be super helpful!!!!!

[@ealaban]

Scots (the leid or Lang for you borders folk out there) is truly a derivative of Norwegian, and though Norsk and Deutche are Teutonic languages this does not mean or imply that Scots is a Germanic dialect. The closest linguistic relative to Gaelic is (believe it or not) Hindi (via Sanskrit). if you go back far enough you will find that Sanskrit, Pali, and Goidelc (ancient Gaelic) are all dialects of each other...Slainte! Shanti! Skuld!

[@TheUnknownCountry]

Does anyone know what that instrument is that the man by the window is playing? Never seen anything like it. Tried to find out but haven’t a clue. Looks interesting. Anyone?

[@Stephen-Harding]

why is it not NicInnes. I thought the gaelic reflected gender, even in last names. Just curious.

[@noddypopable]

Stephen Harding often wonder about that masel 😄

[@cranntara3741]

Would not make much sense to mix gaelic and english together, so it's either NicAonghais or MacInnes.

[@edmundhamill2916]

quare lilt in that scottish stuff...

[@steaphris]

All Dundonians are Scots, but not all Scots are Dundonians. So does that mean that anything from Dundee is technically not Scottish? Amadan.

[@Alexmcgruer3]

I think it's a hammer dulcimer.

[@deltasquared7777]

for those interested in language, particularly the history, development and relationship of languages, check out the brilliant "OMNIGLOT" website..

[@kaikar00]

@GreenManelishi - If you live in the US and are interested in buying the DVD, it is available from Music Scotland. I just received my copy and watched it last weekend. Three hours of bliss!

[@SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@TheSandsie13 The welsh weren't GAELS BUT Celtic none the less but the music is the real message regardless of would be historians so thumbs up - listen

[@hafpipe]

@bookkeeper57 I think you meant Gaelic song..... not Scots. Two very different languages. But I agree. I love Kathleen's voice.

[@Tphilpott1]

Don't know what it is about Scots Gaelic. But it makes for a lovely extension of Irish Gaelic in ways that embellish and enlarge it. There seems to be a flourish in the inflection that sweetens our common language somehow.

[@JosephChordmichael]

Actually, it just looked odd to me because of its size, but thanks for clarifying what it is.

[@sharonconstable8146]

Love this video! That big stringed instrument that looked like a dulcimer -- is that a psaltery?

[@JosephChordmichael]

Actually, it looks to me like a form of the Japanese koto, but I could very well be wrong.

[@hobertlee7598]

Beautiful Voice

[@Seamus616]

Gaelic culture was spread to Western Britain from Ulster/Leinster by Irish raiders.

[@hobertlee7598]

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

[@GreenManelishi]

Sadly, tragically, disappointingly this wonderful program is not available on DVD for those of us in the USA.

[@guyfihi]

I must surely be related to the fellow on the big dulcimer. Strong family resemblance. Is he Irish?

[@alanreidmusic]

What's the name of the stringed instrument that is at the beginging of this video?

[@WelcometoNightmare]

Anybody know where I can buy this song?

[@heimskur]

Yapkat, Indeed it is Liam O Maonlaí.

[@aodh78]

its mostly along the same lines as 'lang may your lum reek' if that helps?

[@OneDawkinsFan]

Interesting! Almost sounds like some North American Indian lingo...

[@whistlingwinds42]

Very beautiful smile and voice. Thanks for sharing your talent!

[@heimskur]

nightmare, it's available on iain macdonald's "the first harvest."

[@SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@easgair Wiki doesn't mean is righy - wiki doesn't do deep

[@JosephChordmichael]

I know what a hammered dulcimer is, and yes, they are used very commonly in Celtic music, although not nearly enough ;) It's just that it looks like one... Perhaps it's a koto played like a dulcimer? Kind of like people will often play a bodhran like some other drum, or are hammered dulcimers made this big? I would think not, but I've been wrong before....

[@JosephChordmichael]

Yes, I know you were talking about the language, and I know that it's Gaelic, Scots or Irish I'm not sure. I was talking about the large hammered string instrument being played at the beginning of the clip, and have been the whole time. I said I thought it was a koto in response to "Alexmcgruer3"'s comment saying it was a hammered dulcimer. I could be wrong about what it is, though... Perhaps a Japanese musician, or ITM musician living in Japan could confirm what this instrument is?

[@bmrti]

Agreed... She's far sexier than she can ever imagine

[@lafenomenologa]

what kind of dmt did they use to chanel this music?

[@pfeifferpack]

Is this a wauking song?

[@TheNarrowBoatDungeonMaster]

Yes. You can hear the almost tick tock of rhythm that would keep them in time. I have used this song personally as well.

[@robbiebobby92]

+Erin Panes What's a wauking song?

[@TheNarrowBoatDungeonMaster]

+Trump2016 a song that is sung while a group of people (historically women) waulk fabric. To waulk is to felt. The fabric would be wetted with water or sometimes urine and repeated agitated to make the fibres open up and join together. To keep a group in time they would sing these types of songs.

[@Lupegarrou]

The fabric would be on a long wooden table rolled like a long sausage and a line of women would roll and beat it it in unison, hence the rhythm of the song, the 'felting' would make it waterproof ;)

[@Lupegarrou]

the process (like rolling dough in unison) repeated many times, a stinky hard job but if you wanted semi waterproof material (apart from Oilskins) had to be done

[@mariafarrugia-harrison4491]

reminds me of a red indian chant, lovely

[@JosephChordmichael]

What? No... The stringed instrument being played at the beginning of the clip. I'm pretty sure it's a koto.

[@jkosmdd]

Thanks. It's perfect with this song.

[@kittycatcarley]

@arkhatych thank you :))))

[@SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

eh I'm sorry but it isn't

[@deirjon]

No, it´s Padraigín Ní Uallacháin, who´s also Irish.

[@nickum1957]

???? SO WRONG, ITS NOT!

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

great!

[@sksman71]

Is this s it's Scots gaelic or Irish gaeliege

[@masterpippen3534]

sksman Scottish

[@ajmobeel]

amazing. love it

[@nickum1957]

no..celtic

[@MaryChrisMaryCdiliapo]

💙🍀♪

[@dorothypearlman2704]

:-)

[@nedohamilli]

great lilty song ,but this "performance" of what is a working song (waulking) doesn't do justice to it. the singers could ad least bunch together and sing together i don't what Liam is at there at the back he looks a bit lost. and as for the twiddley diddley whistle ,it doesnt add any thing to the song ,the fiddlle is ok, any way it is over caereographed and over produced ,but still it is difficult to kill what i a truly great style of singing , i still will listen to this but i'd love to hear a real version of it.

[@SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@odinfromcentr2 Your talking through you backside and you really haven't a clue do you?

[@Tphilpott1]

Scots is not a Germanic language. It's part of the Goidelic group. Manx, Scots, Irish, Cornish and Breton. English is Germanic - no relationship with with either Scots or Irish Gaelic.

[@robbiebobby92]

Liam O Maonlai standing there trying to sing along not having a clue of the words! Looks like they just plopped him in there last minute

[@BajorRon]

There is no meaning to the refrain of such a waulking song. Anyone can sing along with that, even those who don't have any Gaelic.

[@Saena]

I really wish you hadn't pointed this out, because now it's all I can focus on whenever I watch this video. :P

[@robbiebobby92]

Saena Haha I think it makes it more enjoyable

[@robbiebobby92]

What am I? What do you mean?

[@patrickpearse9769]

only a true keant would take a potshot at Liam O”Maonlai.

[@gilmccomb8740]

Sounds like she is mashing the tweed. Why are Scottish songs about fishing or utterly depressing. No wonder our language is dying.

[@brianmacleod6272]

'S i 'n fhìrinn a th' ann gu bheil do leithid-sa, 's tu cho aineolach mun dualchas fhèin, ri dìmeas gun bhrìgh a chur air a' chainnt...

[@DM-ze9qy]

This is probably the most beautiful song I've ever heard and I'm not even Scottish (I'm Irish)