glenroe theme song

dlofnep

Hey, does anyone have this or know where I can get it?

TheDriver

Dave Fanning actually mentioned the name on the nightly show few days back as the only reason for watching it was the theme tune and Biddy;s crash but no idea what it was called.

dlofnep

I found it on amazon eventually - It's called Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin. There is a short clip of it on amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005B9U1/102-5058142-2693725?v=glance&n=5174

r3nu4l

thanks for that, I remember hating that bloody tune :mad: "Time for bed, school tomorrow" as if I needed reminding

Years later I do kind of miss it...the theme tune, not the program, although there was a sort of innocence about it, no Richard Hillmans in Glenroe, kncoking off the local population!

iguana

Remember when Miley wrote a song for some woman to release and Biddy was jealous. And when they went to record it the woman never showed up, so Miley had to sing it - and it turned out to be all about when he first met Biddy.:o And it went to number one for at least 3 weeks in Ireland.

"And her hair was red as the berries on the hawthorn,
And her skin was as fair as the freshly drivin snow,
How could I forget the morning that I met her.................,
Bringing sheep from the hills on the by-road to Glenroe.

arctic lemur

iguana wrote:

Remember when Miley wrote a song for some woman to release and Biddy was jealous. And when they went to record it the woman never showed up, so Miley had to sing it - and it turned out to be all about when he first met Biddy.:o And it went to number one for at least 3 weeks in Ireland.

"And her hair was red as the berries on the hawthorn,
And her skin was as fair as the freshly drivin snow,
How could I forget the morning that I met her.................,
Bringing sheep from the hills on the by-road to Glenroe.

It was called the By Road To Glenroe and I know all the words!

Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin (tune used for Glenroe)

Eireoidh mé amárach le fáinne an lae ghléigil
Agus déanfaidh mé mo dhea-rás amach faoi na sléibhte,
Fagfaidh mé mo bheannacht ag mná deasa an tsaoil seo,
Agus dheamhan an filleadh abhaile dom go labhraí an chuach i mbarr na gcraobh ann.

Tá mo ghrá mar bhláth na n-airní a bhfíos ag fás i dtús an tsamhraidh,
Nó mar nóiníní bána a bhíos ag snámh sa ghleanntán,
Nó mar bheadh grian os cionn Charnáin sa tsráid ag dul síos dom,
Is mar siúd a bhfios mo ghrá bán ag déanamh ramhailt' tri m'intinn.

Nach aoibhinn don áiléar a mbíonn mo ghrá geal ag dul air,
Nach aoibhinn don talamh a siúlann a bróg air,
Nach ró-aoibhinn don ógfhear a gheobhas mo stóirín le pósadh
Is í réalt eolais na maidine í agus drúcht an tráthnona

and here's the translation :

I will get up tomorrow at the bright dawn of day
And I will race out onto the mountains
And I'll bid farewell to the pretty women of this world
And I swear not to return until the the cuckoo speaks on the tops of the branches there.

My love is like the sloe blossom which grows at the beginning of summer,
Or like white daisies swimming in the glen
Or like the sun over Carnán [mountain] in the street/village as I go down
That's how my fair love torments my mind.

Isn't it pleasant for the high upon which my fair love goes
Isn't it pleasant for the ground her shoe walks upon
Isn't it most pleasant for the young man whom my love will marry
She is the guiding star of the morning and the dew of the evening.

here's a Glenroe ringtone for you :

http://www.web2txt.co.uk/polyphony.php?search=glenroe

and here's a download for you :

http://www.trinity-music.co.jp/MP615-Glenroe.mp3

face-the-phase

Hehe ye gelnroe always meant school n bed time! I had no interest in the story line i just liked watching it cuz my dads mates house was in it! It was where dick moron used to live! ( think that was his name!)