right... this song has been in my head for day's now...
does anyone know what CD it's on, if any and who sang a proper version of it with acoustic guitar?
Ballad of Catain
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Bid Goddess rise, from mists of memory.
Rise, the fair Cathain.
In battle the equal of every man.
And every lover disdained.
Her heart was locked in a roundtower's keep.
And none that gate could unbar.
Till rose a prince from Ulster's east.
The hero Conchobar.
A suitor's troth he brought Cathain.
In wild Connemar'.
He bade her teach him feats of arms.
And the bloody arts of war.
And what, said she, will you teach me.
Who dwells here all alone?
The pleasures of love, said Conchobar.
I will melt your heart of stone.
So King and warrior thus were joined.
In battles blood and love.
The throne belonged to Conchobar.
To Cathain, the Witch's Glove.
The world soon turned his heart away.
So back to Connemar'.
She westward rode to dwell alone.
Away from Conchobar.
Dark rivals rose against the king.
To challenge for his throne.
All Ulster in the balance hung.
Without its champion.
A Druid he sent to sacrifice.
An offering to Cathain.
A maiden fair, with flaxen hair.
Not once, but two times slain.
But Cathain, she would ne'r return.
To rescue Conchobar.
Till the Druid did a virgin bring.
To Connemara far.
The fair Iona pure and sweet.
upon the table lain.
And by the corclach's hungry stone.
Was Cathain's own daughter slain.
In rage the warrior goddess.
From the western sea arose.
Her bloody gauntlet dealt that day.
a thousand fierce death-blows.
The kingdom saved, her quest complete.
she sank beneath the shore.
Till Ulster's sons with sacrifice.
Bid her return once more.
please, someone must know this song, it's a well known Irish song, and really well done on acoustic guitar by Grant Lee Phillips, but i can't find the damn thing anywhere...
anyone?
M
Post Edited:2007-10-20 17:55:54
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