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Boleros d'Urbi​é​s​/​Galvadeg en Tri Kant Mil Soudard (A

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We learned this spirited Bolero d'Urbiés (Asturian dance from the village of Urbiés) from the playing of the super group, Llan de Cubel. The time signature is impossible to determine: each of us counts it differently! We transition to a powerful Breton lament, Galvadeg en Tri Kant Mil Soudard, for the 300,000 Breton soldiers killed in French wars, defined by Jim's solo coda. He plays it differently every time!

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Chéleuet tud iaouank hag er re goh eué, (x3)
Ur kantik zou zaoùet, Ur kantik a neué

{Listen young and old alike
a new song has been composed.}

Abahr é Langonnet é houlenner pearzek,(x3)
Pear aral a Vregel ha seih ag er Fauet.

{Fourteen from Langonnet
four others from Brezel and
seven from Faouët have been called up.}

Huélet er soudarded é tichen ag er ru, (x3)
Lod anahé glas ha lod aral é ru.

{As you watch the soldiers come down the street,
some of them are in blue, the rest in red.}

En dar'n ou deulegad é tonnet dou glubo,(x3)
Er glahar'n ou halon é kuittat ag ou bro.

{Their tears are running down their cheeks
they are heartbroken to be leaving their country.}

Shervejein en Nasion zou un dra disoursi, (x3)
Kalon er Vretoned zou lan a velkoni.

{Serving the nation (France) is a dreadful thing
the heart of the Bretons is full of chagrin.}

© 2017 Barnaby Productions Inc.

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from Signature, released December 1, 2017

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IONA Washington, D.C.

IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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