Тексты песен «Horslips»

--> Mhic Iarla na bratach bna, Mhic Iarla na bratach bna, Mhic Iarla na bratach bna, Chona m to long thar sile... Chona m to long thar sile, Chona m to long thar sile, Chona m to long thar sile, Stiir ir is dh...

Her words were sharp; they cut him deep, In a war between the sheets. But when he brought his bull to her It meant a woman making war Beyond the eiderdown. The druids read the smoke and sand; Told her that she would...

The Brown Bull of Cooley, the semi-mythical beast of the Tain certainly wasn't the gentle Charolais, but the tongue-in-cheek lyrics are in keeping with the Tain's eccentric narrative style. We've used a traditional...

Ireland's most exciting saga is, undoubtedly, Tain Bo Cuailgne ( The Cattle Raid of Cooley ), the centrepiece of the Ulster cycle of Heroic Tales. Normally referred to as "The Tain", it deals with the conflict...

You felt the chill of midnight ice As I broke your heart in two. And I felt the kiss of emptiness As I watched your life turn blue. Life was a game. Now I miss your name; Your golden hair. No more in your eyes...

Our man Cu Chulainn! Dearg Doom means the Red Destroyer. The tune is O'Neill's Cavalry. My love is colder than black marble by the sea. My heart is older than the cold oak tree. I am the flash of silver in the...

--> Where Lagan stream sings lullaby, There blows a lily fair; When twilight gleam is in her eyes, The night is on her hair. And like a love - sick lenashee, She hath my heart in thrall; No life have I, no...

MacRoth is Maeve's messanger. In this song he reflects on the events of the Tain. I once told her Where she could find her dream. And I still adore her, No matter how it seems. I saw our stars fall, Crash...

A reprise of the introduction as Cu Chulainn tries to frighten off his friend Ferdia from a battle he knows will end in his death. Gae Bolga is the name of Cu Chulainn's supernatural spear. "Everthing I say" Cuchulainn...

We've used Knockeen Free, which means, in Irish, the heathery little hill to paint a musical picture of Maeve's hill-fort in...

Perhaps the best known Irish March, The March of the King of Laois, forms the basic melodic structure of this song - a warning to Maeve from Cu Chulainn. People say you're dressed to kill. You're not a girl to come...

Once in a while, will you try to give one little thought to me Though someone else may be nearer your heart. Once in a while, will you think of the moments I shared with you Moments before we two drifted apart. In...

Cu Chulainn's birth-name acts as a theme for the first half, up to where, as Cu Chulainn he kills his friend...

The girl I love waits for me now She'll be standing by the well She may have to wait until it's dry Because I am off to hell Speed the plough I'll wait no more for fire from God Listen to me now Speed the plough, speed...

use both your hands to hold me Tight tighter than you should My heart is coldest steel But my body's flesh and blood Walking hand in hand with silver Close as gold to kiss Only lovers left alive And they're swallowed...

About the forthcoming battle, this piece is a dance tune called Old Noll's...

--> Into the flash of the lightning star-riders are hurled, See them bumping and grinding bareback on the wheels of the world, You can see the dawn a'coming or is that the flash of a spear, Ah, the day will come,...

The men of Ulster prepare their weapons. We've used a trio of reels... The Silver Spear, Tie the Bonnet and an untitled...

One night in bed, the promiscuous Connacht Queen, Maeve, quarrels with her husband Ailill. They argue over who has the most wealth. Ailill doesn't like the suggestion that he's a kept man. "Her words were sharp; they...

The hop jig we've used here is in 9/8 time and is called The Humours of Whiskey. I see the last black swan Fly past the sun. I wish I, too, were gone Back home again. It seems our fortunes lied Despite our gain...