Hiya people! 🙂
Today I have for you a beautiful and sad traditional Irish song, which I believe I first heard sung by Órla Fallon, whose version is also lovely. This song is about a mother of two children – Maire and Padraig, or Mary and Patrick in English – who was a mermaid or apparently in some versions she is a selkie, and who really longed for the sea, but her cloak that she put on to shapeshift into a mermaid was hidden somewhere. One day, her children discovered it near the sea, and then their mother swam away. I got the translation from here.
It seems that you have faded away and abandoned the love of life The snow is spread about at the mouth of the sea Your yellow flowing hair and little gentle mouth We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne
My dear mother, said blonde Mary By the edge of the shore and the mouth of the sea A mermaid is my noble mother We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne
I am tired and will be forever My fair Mary and my blond Patrick On top of the waves and by the mouth of the sea We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne
The night is dark and the wind is high The Plough can be seen high in the sky But on top of the waves and by the mouth of the sea We give you Mary Chinidh to swim forever in the Erne
My Inner MishMash 