Biography:
Karan Casey (b. 1969 in Ballyduff Lower, County Waterford, Ireland) is an Irish folk singer and jazz singer, and a former member of the Irish band Solas.
Her family encouraged her to sing in the house, in a church choir and at school. At Waterford Regional Technical College she studied piano then took music at University College Dublin in 1987. Having learned to copy Ella Fitzgerald's scat singing, she performed in a Dublin bistro several nights per week while still a student.
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Other songs:
- Ae Fond Kiss
- Another Day
- Bright Winters Day
- Distant Shore
- Dunlavin Green
- Eppie Morrie
- Erins Lovely Home
- Freedom Song
- I Once Loved A Lass
- Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
- Just A Note
- Lady Mary Anne
- Love Is Pleasing
- Martinmas Time
- Mother Earths Revenge
- One I Love
- Quiet Of The Night
- Roger The Miller
- Shamrock Shore
- She Is Like The Swallow
- Snows They Melt The Soonest
- Song Of Lies
- The Ballad Of Tim Evans
- The Cradle Song
- The Creggan White Hare
- The Curra Road
- The Four Loom Weaver
- The Keg Of Brandy
- The Kings Shilling
- The Liberty Tree
- The Loony Moon
- The Seasons
- The Silkie Song
- The Song Of The Seal
- The Song Of Wandering Aengus
- The World Looks Away
- The Yellow Furze
- This Time Will Pass
- Town Of Athlone
- Waiting For The Snow
- Weary Of Lying Alone
- When Will We All Be Free
- Where Are You Tonight I Wonder
- Who Put The Blood
- You Brought Me Up
Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
C F C Am G F
[Verse]
C Dm7
A sea maid sings on yonder reef
G Am
The spell-bound seals draw near
C F
A lilt that lures beyond belief
C Am F
Mortals enchanted hear
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C F
Coir an oir an eer o
[Verse]
C Dm7
The wandering ploughman halts his plough
G Am
The maid her milking stays
C F
Sheep on hillside, bird on bough
C Am F
Pause and listen in amaze
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C F
Coir an oir an eer o
[Verse]
C Dm7
Was it a dream? Were all asleep?
G Am
Or did she cease her lay?
C F
The seals with a splash dive into the deep
G Am F
The world goes on, yet lingers the refrain
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C F
Coir an oir an eer o
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C
Coir an oir an eer o
C F C Am G F
[Verse]
C Dm7
A sea maid sings on yonder reef
G Am
The spell-bound seals draw near
C F
A lilt that lures beyond belief
C Am F
Mortals enchanted hear
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C F
Coir an oir an eer o
[Verse]
C Dm7
The wandering ploughman halts his plough
G Am
The maid her milking stays
C F
Sheep on hillside, bird on bough
C Am F
Pause and listen in amaze
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C F
Coir an oir an eer o
[Verse]
C Dm7
Was it a dream? Were all asleep?
G Am
Or did she cease her lay?
C F
The seals with a splash dive into the deep
G Am F
The world goes on, yet lingers the refrain
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C F
Coir an oir an eer o
[Chorus]
C G/B
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
Am F#dim7
Coir an oir an oir an eer o
C F Em
Coir an oir an oir an ee lalyuran
Am C
Coir an oir an eer o
