Lanigan's ball LYRICS - The Bards
Details
| Title | Lanigan's ball LYRICS - The Bards |
| Author | M. Máire Ní Shúilleabháin |
| Duration | 5:32 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=__uex8Z-u6s |
Description
Lanigan's Ball (sometimes Lannigan's Ball ) is a popular traditional or folk Irish song which has been played throughout Ireland since at least the 1860s, and possibly much longer.
• "Meelia murther" (or "milia murder" or "melia murdher" or! "millia… etc.) is just an Irish exclamation of surprise (as Gaeilge: "míle murdar", lit. ‘a thousand murders’, thus ‘horror of horrors!’)
• The bodhrán is an Irish traditional frame drum, the "heartbit" of Irish music
I've always been particularly fond of this song thanks to my dad :)
Performed by Diarmuid O'Leary and the Bards
