23. Álainn farraige spéirghlas, álainn uisceacha ciúin' (Beautiful the green-blue sea and the quiet waters)

Text Information
First Line: Álainn farraige spéirghlas, álainn uisceacha ciúin' (Beautiful the green-blue sea and the quiet waters)
Author: Douglas Hyde (An Craoibhín) (1860–1949)
Translator: Anon.
Adapter: Donald Davison (b. 1937)
Language: English; Irish
Publication Date: 2000
Topic: God the Father, Creator: God's World
Copyright: © Douglas Sealy.
Notes: * At this point the line order differs from that in the original.
Tune Information
Name: ÁLAINN FARRAIGE
Arranger: Donald Davison (b. 1937)
Incipit: 54321 34557 54475
Key: c minor or modal
Source: Scots Gaelic traditional melody
Copyright: Arrangement © Oxford University Press



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