Stivell wrote the song in 1966 in Breton, extrapolating some phrases from an Irish Gaelic song entitled An raibh tú ar an gCarraig as a short "overture" by The Foggy Dew
Telenn gWad
war ar garreg
Kerreg er mor imorek
Ha ne beurechu ket da zistanan
Karantez douaret
Reizhder gwadek
Gwirionez o tonet
Marv er sotoni
see more in
celticlyricscorner.net/capercaillie/hebridean.htm
Stivell wrote the song in 1966 in Breton, extrapolating some phrases from an Irish Gaelic song entitled An raibh tú ar an gCarraig as a short "overture" by The Foggy Dew
Telenn gWad
war ar garreg
Kerreg er mor imorek
Ha ne beurechu ket da zistanan
Karantez douaret
Reizhder gwadek
Gwirionez o tonet
Marv er sotoni
see more in
celticlyricscorner.net/capercaillie/hebridean.htm