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Learned from the Donegal singer Lillis O’Laoire, this song, ‘Eirigh Suas a Stoirin’, was translated from the Irish by Julie Henigan. Her original translation below:

Rise up, my darling, if you are within, Open the door and let me come in, I have drink for your mother to make her heart gay, And I hope she’ll not deny me her daughter this day. When I rise in the morning and I look far away, And I look towards the town where my love she does stay, Oh, the tears they fall from me just like two streams of rain, And with sighs and sad longing in grief I remain. In the green, wooded glen I sit weary and sad, From Sunday to Sunday the time I do pass, My eyes on the high road that keeps us apart, And not one thing in this wide world to comfort my heart. How glad are the wee birds that rise every day, And fly back each night to the same branch always, Not so for the likes of my true love and me, For it’s far from one another we must rise every day.

Translated Julie Henigan 1991

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from The Murphy Beds, released November 21, 2012

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The Murphy Beds New York, New York

The Murphy Beds (Jefferson Hamer and Eamon O’Leary) present traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements on bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin. They have performed and collaborated with artists across the folk spectrum including Beth Orton, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Anais Mitchell, and Sam Amidon. ... more

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