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Eileen Aroon feat. Isan

from The Man in the Mountain by Bróna McVittie

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In Bróna's own words “I’ve been singing Eileen Aroon for years. Once when I had the good fortune to share a stage with Dave Swarbrick he said he very seldom ever heard the song these days. The exciting thing about this new release is that my arrangement has been radically, yet thoughtfully, reimagined through a collaboration with electronic duo Isan (Robin Saville & Antony Ryan)”

Eileen Aroon — composed by Carroll O’Daly around 1380 — espouses his love for Eleanor Kavanagh, daughter of the Leinster chieftain comparing her to a ‘flower of the hazel glade’

lyrics

Well like the rising day
Eileen Aroon
Love sends his early ray
Eileen Aroon
What makes his dawning glow
Changeless through joy and woe
Only the constant know
Eileen Aroon

I knew a valley fair
Eileen Aroon
I knew a cottage there
Eileen Aroon
Far from that valley’s shade
I knew a gentle maid
Flower of the hazel glade
Eileen Aroon

Were she no longer true
Eileen Aroon
What would her lover do?
Eileen Aroon
Fly with his broken chains
Far o’er the bounding mains
Never to love again
Eileen Aroon

Youth must with time decay
Eileen Aroon
Beauty must fade away
Eileen Aroon
Castles are sacked in war
Chieftains are scattered far
Truth is a fixed star
Eileen Aroon

credits

from The Man in the Mountain, released September 2, 2020
Co-arranged by Bróna & Isan

Bróna McVittie (vocals, harp); Isan = Robin Saville & Antony Ryan (electronics); Myles Cochran (steel guitar)

Co-produced by Bróna & Myles, Mastered at Mineur Studios, France

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Pioneering her own brand of cosmic folk, Bróna McVittie both deftly reimagines traditional folk and crafts her own nature- inspired songs with a rich mix of folk and electronic instruments. As The Guardian describes it “You’re put in the place of a bird navigating wide open landscapes, absorbing light, space and air. This is music that takes you on its wing, and gives you fresh visions” ... more

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