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SG1504

Chuala mi e

(I heard it three times)

traditional Gaelic words and tune

arranged by Sheena Phillips
for soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus
SATB performance time approx 0m 40s (when sung three times through)

Arranger's note

This is a driving piece of Gaelic puirt-a-beul ('poorsht-a-beel') or mouth music - the name for songs written to accompany dancing. It's probably a fragment of a longer piece and is about some piece of hearsay: 'I heard it three times, a fourth time when my lover came back to me'.

Traditionally, puirt-a-beul is sung unaccompanied and in unison but the tunes harmonise very well. Frequently they are sung in sequences of three or four, each song leading without a break into the next. Chuala mi e works well as the second song in the following set of four: Tha bean agam; Chuala mi e; Cňta fad air Dňmhnull lňm; 'S ann an Ile (all published by Canasg).

Music

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Words

Chuala mi e (I heard it)

Chuala mi e, chuala, chuala, chuala mi o thruir e
Chuala mi e, chuala, chuala, chuala mi o thruir e
Chuala mi e, chuala, chuala, chuala mi o thruir e
Chuala mi o cheathrar e gu'n tug mo leannan cul rium.

traditional Gaelic song

Translation

I heard it three times, from three people
I heard it a fourth time when my lover came back to me

Canasg editors

Full pronunciation guide provided

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Companion pieces

Còta fad air Dòmhnull Lòm is the next song in Mouth Music Set 1.

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