The Longships
WATERMARK
| Album version | 3:39 | Gaelic | 1988 |
Liner notes
The Longships, the famed war ships of the Vikings. The Irish Annals tell us that the first Viking raid in Ireland was at a place called Rechru (Rathlin Island) in 795. By 841 Dublin (Duibh-Linn or black pool) was one of the first Viking settlements or Longphorts in Ireland.
notes by Roma Ryan
Only Time: The Collection, 2002
Only Time: The Collection, 2002
Trivia
An early version of 'The Longships' appeared in the 1987 BBC documentary 'The Celts'.
Gaelic lyrics
Him Die-yeh o him die yeh him Die yeh o him die yeh Him-o-ro-ho-ro Die yeh o him Die yeh him hi- ri u ho-ro-u him die yeh him die yeh o La... Hoireann is o ro Ta muid beo Him o ro ho Go deo na ndeor Hi ri u Ho ro ho Ho ri u La... him ho-ro-ho Hi ri u Ho ro ho Ho ri u La... him ho-ro-ho Hi ri u Ho ro ho Ho ri u La... him ho-ro-ho Hoireann is o ro Ta muid beo Him o ro ho Go deo na ndeor Hi ri u Ho ro ho Ho ri u Him-o-ro-ho Hi ri u Ho ro ho Ho ri u Him-o-ro-ho Hi ri u Ho ro ho Him-o-ro-ho Hi ri u Ho ro ho Ho ri u Him-o-ro-ho Hi ri u die yeh o die yeh Ho ro ho Ho ri u Him-o-ro-ho Hi ri u die yeh o die yeh Ho ro ho Him-o-ro-ho die yeh o die yeh...
Translation
We live, forever and ever.
lyrics by Roma Ryan
EMI Music Publishing Ltd, 1988
EMI Music Publishing Ltd, 1988